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A Comparative Analysis of the English Language Curricula in Finland, Japan, Korea, China (Shanghai) and Turkey

Finlandiya, Japonya, Kore, Çin (Şangay) ve Türkiye'deki İngilizce Dersi Öğretim Programlarının Karşılaştırmalı Olarak İncelenmesi

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115–128
Publication Date
2022-10-12
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Moreover, similarities and somediffering practices were identified with regards to the content, teaching/learning process and evaluation.

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Objective & Hypothesis:As a lingua franca, the English language has widely and chiefly been used in science, technology,trade, business and in the global organizations and its importance has already been acknowledged globally.Governments, with a better grasp of the importance of English day by day, have felt the need to include theteaching of English more than before in their educational policies.
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Key Findings & Data:At this point, features of English languagecurricula prepared by governments are important in terms of providing cues for revealing the importancegiven to English language teaching.
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Conclusion & Impact:Moreover, similarities and somediffering practices were identified with regards to the content, teaching/learning process and evaluation.
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As a lingua franca, the English language has widely and chiefly been used in science, technology,trade, business and in the global organizations and its importance has already been acknowledged globally.Governments, with a better grasp of the importance of English day by day, have felt the need to include theteaching of English more than before in their educational policies. At this point, features of English languagecurricula prepared by governments are important in terms of providing cues for revealing the importancegiven to English language teaching. This study aims to present a global point of view on the Englishlanguage curricula examined. For this purpose, reading test scores of the OECD s latest PISA were takeninto account and English language curricula of the top four ranking EFL countries (Finland, Japan, Korea,China-Shanghai) were analyzed and compared, by adding to the comparison list a low-ranking country,Turkey. The data obtained through document analysis made clear that on the whole, there exist similaritiesin the objectives of English language curricula of the five countries. Moreover, similarities and somediffering practices were identified with regards to the content, teaching/learning process and evaluation.

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Uluslarası ortak dil (lingua f ranca) olarak İngilizce bilimde, teknolojide, ticarette, küresel organizasyonlarda en çok kullanılan dil olarak öne çıkmıştır ve bu bağlamda önemi artık yadsınamaz bir noktadadır. İngilizcenin bu önemini gün geçtikçe daha iyi kavrayan devletler artık eğitim politikalarına da bunuyansıtma ihtiyacı hissetmişlerdir. Bu noktada ülkelerin hazırlamış oldukları İngilizce öğretim programlarınınözellikleri, İngilizce öğretimine verdikleri öneme dair bizlere ipuçları vermesi açısından önemlidir ve buçalışma için bir çıkış noktası olmuştur. Dolayısıyla da İngilizce öğretim programlarına küresel bir bakış açısıkazandırmak bu çalışmanın amacını oluşturmaktadır. Bu amaçla OECD (Ekonomik Kalkınma ve İşbirliğiÖrgütü) tarafından son olarak 2012de yapılan PISAnın (Uluslarası Öğrenci Değerlendirme Programı)okuma testi sonuçları temel alınmış, İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğreten, PISAdaki okuma testinde enyüksek puanı alan ilk dört ülke olan Çin (Şangay), Kore, Finlandiya ve Japonya ile ortalamanın altında kalanTürkiyenin İngilizce öğretim programları karşılaştırmalı olarak ele alınmıştır. Doküman incelemesi yoluylaelde edilen verilerin çözümlenmesi sonucunda, ülkelerin İngilizce öğretim programlarındaki hedefleringenellikle benzerlikler gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir. Bunun yanı sıra içerik, eğitim durumları ve sınama durumları bakımından da programlar arasında benzerliklerin ve birtakım farklı uygulamaların söz konusuolduğu görülmüştür.

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DEMİR, Y., YAVUZ, M. (2022). A Comparative Analysis of the English Language Curricula in Finland, Japan, Korea, China (Shanghai) and Turkey. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 1, 115–128. https://ajindex.com/articles/434035

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