Research Perspectives on Teaching and Learning English in Turkey

Yasemin Bayyurt is a professor in the Department of Foreign Language Education at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul (Turkey). Her research interests include teaching English as an International Language, World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), and cultural aspects of foreign language teaching. Her publications include articles in various refereed journals, book chapters, and books. Yeşim Bektaş-Çetinkaya has an MA and PhD in Foreign Language Education from Ohio State University (USA). Her research interests include intercultural communication, affective variables in foreign language education, and second language literacy. She has published several articles in international journals. She teaches at Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir.

• Contents: Yasemin Bayyurt/Yeşim Bektaş-Çetinkaya: Introduction – Ayşe S. Akyel: Preservice English Language Teacher Education in Turkey – Belma Haznedar: Perspectives on Preservice Education of English Language Teachers in Turkish Primary Schools – Derin Atay: Changing Preservice Teachers’ Epistemological Beliefs about Teaching – Zübeyde Sinem Genç: Professional Development and Turkish EFL Teachers. Building Context-Sensitive Pedagogical Knowledge – Derya Altınmakas: The Influence of Feedback on Students Teachers’ Professional Development – Yeşim Bektaş-Çetinkaya/Bengü Börkan: Intercultural Communicative Competence of Preservice Language Teachers in Turkey – Çiler Hatipoğlu: British Culture in the Eyes of Future English Language Teachers in Turkey – Demet Yaylı: An Overview of Research on Skills Instruction in Turkey – Reyhan Salatacı: Possible Effects of Strategy Instruction on L1 and L2 Reading – Arif Bakla/Arda Arıkan: Perceived Text Difficulty, Cultural Familiarity, and Lexical Retention of Turkish EFL Learners – Şebnem Yalçın: Content-Based Instruction at the Tertiary Level in Turkey – Burcu Varol/Sumru Akcan: EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Concerning Reading Strategy Instruction – Senem Yıldız/Sibel Tatar: The Use of Multimedia Computers in Turkish Classrooms: Perceptions of Foreign Language Teachers – Zeynep Koçoğlu: Turkish EFL Teachers’ Beliefs about the Use of ICT in English Language Teaching – Eray Sevingil: E-Mail Exchanges for Language Learning – Yasemin Bayyurt: Proposing a Model for English Language Education in the Turkish Socio-cultural Context.