Optional English Preperatory Programs after HEC 2016 Regulation: Opinions of Administrators on the Current Situation and Problems
This study examines the current situation and the problems of optional foreign language preperatory programs after the regulation of Higher Education Council (HEC) on foreign language teaching in higher education institutions published in 2016. The participants were determined based on purposive sam...
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| description | This study examines the current situation and the problems of optional foreign language preperatory programs after the regulation of Higher Education Council (HEC) on foreign language teaching in higher education institutions published in 2016. The participants were determined based on purposive sampling and they included 5 academic staff who had administrative positions at the Schools of Foreign Languages of five different state universities in Turkey. The data were collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews and analysed based on a qualitative content analysis scheme. The findings revealed that the problems experienced in optional foreign language preperatory programs are categorized under three headings; low level of learner motivation, administration of the programs and the problems of the instructors. It was found that the students in these programs lost their motivation very early and did not meet the responsibilities required by the programs. In addition to this, the current regulations of these programs created certain administrative problems especially regarding the planning at the beginning of the year. It was also revealed that the instructors in these programs were exhausted because of the student profile and most of them suffered from serious burnout levels. Parallel with these problems, several suggestions were made in the conclusion for the betterment of optional foreign language prep programs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2addf7f5b6b14656b97211051409fcc32025-08-20T02:04:13ZengAnadolu University, EskisehirAnadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi dergisi2602-22492602-22492017-10-011211426Optional English Preperatory Programs after HEC 2016 Regulation: Opinions of Administrators on the Current Situation and ProblemsSedat Beceren0Ceyhun Yükselir1Ömer Faruk İpek2Gökhan Öztürk3Nalan Kızıltan4Belgin Aydın5Çanakkale 18 Mart Üniversitesi, Çanakkale, TürkiyeOSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİANADOLU ÜNİVERSİTESİSamsun 19 Mayıs ÜniversitesiANADOLU ÜNİVERSİTESİThis study examines the current situation and the problems of optional foreign language preperatory programs after the regulation of Higher Education Council (HEC) on foreign language teaching in higher education institutions published in 2016. The participants were determined based on purposive sampling and they included 5 academic staff who had administrative positions at the Schools of Foreign Languages of five different state universities in Turkey. The data were collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews and analysed based on a qualitative content analysis scheme. The findings revealed that the problems experienced in optional foreign language preperatory programs are categorized under three headings; low level of learner motivation, administration of the programs and the problems of the instructors. It was found that the students in these programs lost their motivation very early and did not meet the responsibilities required by the programs. In addition to this, the current regulations of these programs created certain administrative problems especially regarding the planning at the beginning of the year. It was also revealed that the instructors in these programs were exhausted because of the student profile and most of them suffered from serious burnout levels. Parallel with these problems, several suggestions were made in the conclusion for the betterment of optional foreign language prep programs.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/aujef/issue/34594/382047i̇steğe bağlı i̇ngilice hazırlıkyökyabancı dil öğretimisorunlar ve çözüm önerilerioptional english preperatory programshigher education councilforeign language teachingproblems and solutions |
| spellingShingle | Sedat Beceren Ceyhun Yükselir Ömer Faruk İpek Gökhan Öztürk Nalan Kızıltan Belgin Aydın Optional English Preperatory Programs after HEC 2016 Regulation: Opinions of Administrators on the Current Situation and Problems Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi dergisi i̇steğe bağlı i̇ngilice hazırlık yök yabancı dil öğretimi sorunlar ve çözüm önerileri optional english preperatory programs higher education council foreign language teaching problems and solutions |
| title | Optional English Preperatory Programs after HEC 2016 Regulation: Opinions of Administrators on the Current Situation and Problems |
| title_full | Optional English Preperatory Programs after HEC 2016 Regulation: Opinions of Administrators on the Current Situation and Problems |
| title_fullStr | Optional English Preperatory Programs after HEC 2016 Regulation: Opinions of Administrators on the Current Situation and Problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optional English Preperatory Programs after HEC 2016 Regulation: Opinions of Administrators on the Current Situation and Problems |
| title_short | Optional English Preperatory Programs after HEC 2016 Regulation: Opinions of Administrators on the Current Situation and Problems |
| title_sort | optional english preperatory programs after hec 2016 regulation opinions of administrators on the current situation and problems |
| topic | i̇steğe bağlı i̇ngilice hazırlık yök yabancı dil öğretimi sorunlar ve çözüm önerileri optional english preperatory programs higher education council foreign language teaching problems and solutions |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/aujef/issue/34594/382047 |
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