摘要：AbstractThe current study aims to find out what language other than English stands out as a second foreign language in a small scale of study at the faculty of education at Sakarya University. English is a widely spoken and accepted foreign language in Turkey. Families who send their children to state schools wish their children to study English and the case is not different for the families who send their children to private schools. In private schools, the language issue is somehow different because the students in these schools start learning a second foreign language at very early ages usually in well equipped classes and with high qualified teachers. The languages taught in these schools differ according to the school policy. German as a second foreign language seems to be the most popular language taught in these schools. French was the dominant language in Turkey in the 19th century. Language preferences inevitably change in accordance with the global changes. It is a clear fact that English is becoming prominent all over the world and the other languages can have only the second or third place in the order of most used foreign languages in many countries. The USA and The UK spend great effort and budget to spread English worldwide and try to keep English as a dominant foreign language in many countries. Today in many countries like Turkey, English is the dominant foreign language and it is regarded as lingua franca.
