@article{article_527917, title={English teachers’ understanding of the new English language teaching program and their classroom implementations}, journal={Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies}, volume={14}, pages={18–33}, year={2018}, author={Gürsoy, Esim and Eken, Elif}, keywords={Primary EFL; foreign language teaching program; foreign language education policy; young learners; ELT}, abstract={<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border:none;"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:456.3pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" style="color:#7030A0;" xml:lang="en-us">Please fill up the following information accurately. (Please use Times New Roman, 12 pt. </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" style="width:456.3pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="background-color:transparent;"> <b>English teachers’ understanding of the new English language teaching program and their classroom implementations </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" style="width:456.3pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:4pt 14.2pt;"> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;">Recent changes in Turkish educational system have increased the importance of teaching English, following a global trend to introduce foreign languages at earlier stages of the language teaching program. However, putting the new language program successfully into practice can be challenging. In this regard, this study attempts to investigate teachers’ understanding and their instructional practices on curriculum innovation in teaching English to young learners. For this aim, basic components of the new English Language Teaching Program (ELTP) (MNE, 2013) are taken as the criteria to shed light on teachers’ beliefs with reference to 4+4+4 education reform introduced in 2013 and the implementations of this reformist program in young learners’ foreign language classrooms. In this way, 232 EFL teachers who taught 2 </span> <sup style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd </sup> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;">, 3 </span> <sup style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rd </sup> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;">, 4 </span> <sup style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th </sup> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;">, 5 </span> <sup style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th </sup> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;">, 6 </span> <sup style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th </sup> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;"> grades in Turkish state schools participated in the study. The data were collected through a questionnaire composed of three parts in an attempt to find teachers’ opinions about the starting grade for language instruction, their understanding about the new language teaching program and the implementations of this program while teaching YLs. Results indicate that teachers share almost the same opinion that foreign language instruction should start at the first grade of the education system. Despite the fact that they have mostly developed theoretically appropriate beliefs about TEYL, teachers, regarding their understanding about the new ELTP, cannot transfer their beliefs into their practices, especially with reading and writing skills in question. </span> <br /> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" style="width:456.3pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Information about Author(s)* </span> </b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="608" colspan="2" style="width:456.3pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Author 1 </span> </b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="243" valign="top" style="width:182.5pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Author (Last name, First name) </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> <td width="365" valign="top" style="width:273.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-right:solid 1pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> Gürsoy, Esim </span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="243" valign="top" style="width:182.5pt;border:solid 1pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Affiliated institution (University) </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> <td width="365" valign="top" style="width:273.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-right:solid 1pt;p}, number={2}, publisher={Hacettepe Üniversitesi} }