Insider Reflections on the British Council Turkish Higher Education Report

Hale Kızılcık

Middle East Technical University

Dr. Hale Kızılcık is an English instructor at the Department of Modern Languages at Middle East Technical University. She also coordinates the research and development unit at the department. Her areas of interest are testing and assessment.

Deniz Şallı-Çopur

Middle East Technical University

Deniz Şallı-Çopur is teacher educator in the Department of Foreign Language Education (FLE) at Middle East Technical University. Here, she has been teaching ELT Methodology, Materials Adaptation and Evaluation, TEYL and Practice Teaching to prospective teachers of English. Her areas of interest are pre-service teacher education, materials design, and program evaluation.

Aylin Selin Dewan

TED University

Aylin S. Dewan is an English instructor at TED University. She is also the coordinator of the professional development unit. Her areas of interest include teacher education and materials development.

Abstract

In 2015, in cooperation with the Turkish Economic Policy Research Foundation (TEPAV), the British Council (BC) conducted a baseline study investigating the tertiary level English language teaching in Turkey. Being one of the... [ view full abstract ]

Summary

This study focuses on the key findings and recommendations in the British Council report by exploring insider opinions. Nine administrators from English Language Schools and/or Foreign Language Education departments at English... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Hale Kızılcık (Middle East Technical University)
  2. Deniz Şallı-Çopur (Middle East Technical University)
  3. Aylin Selin Dewan (TED University)

Topic Area

Policy Making and Administration

Session

OS-1C » Concurrent 1-C (10:30 - Saturday, 15th April, Albert Long Hall John Freely)

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