摘要：In this study, the challenges encountered in foreign language education in Turkish context and instructors’ suggestions for overcoming the challenges were investigated. The participants of the study included 15 instructors working at the same university during the academic year of 2016-2017. The study followed a qualitative research design. The data were collected through a written interview form including open-ended questions. The qualitative analysis of the collected data suggested that the challenges encountered by the EFL instructors fall in three main categories: external factors (inappropriate physical conditions of schools, inappropriate curriculum, lack of appropriate teaching materials, strict curriculum, inappropriate evaluation system, lack of technological facilities, heavy reliance on exams, and time limitations), studentrelated factors (learners’ demotivation, biases against language learning, low proficiency, and lower life standards), and teacher-related factors (lack of certain qualities, habits of traditional teaching, demotivation, decrease in teacher prestige). Likewise, their suggestions for a more effective foreign language education pointed to the improvement of the challenges in these categories.
