期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Education
印刷版ISSN：2227-393X
电子版ISSN：2223-4934
出版年度：2015
卷号：5
期号：4
出版社：Federal College of Education
摘要：The present study investigated the efficiency of the educational courses that have been included in the latest English Language Teacher Training Program (ELTTP) at universities in Turkey and run since the 2006 and 2007 educational year. The participants were 90 teacher trainees who were attending their last year in the Faculty of Education at Uludag University. Sources of data included a questionnaire by which teacher trainees were asked to rate each educational course that they have received, and interviews through which participants were asked to rate themselves about their sufficiency and competencies as prospective language teachers with relation to ELTTP and their personal qualities and characteristics. Results revealed that students benefited more from the English educational courses compared to the Turkish educational courses, and that the source of their competencies was their own personal qualities rather than the quality of the educational program. The present study speculated that the courses determined for the new foreign language teacher training programs needed more careful revision and restructuring if the intention is to graduate internationally eligible language teachers whose linguistic and pedagogical capabilities will meet the requirements of the rapidly changing world. The study ended with suggestions related to teacher training programs and the philosophies and approaches to ELT education
