THE EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE TEACHING PROGRAM APPLIED IN THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Abstract

English language teaching is one of the most crucial issues in the field of education in theworld as well as in Turkey. There has been a growing need for adequate English languageeducation programs at schools in Turkey. Preparatory classes of the School of ForeignLanguages which offers students a full one year of English education try to fulfil this needregarding the students’ needs and wishes into consideration in order to teach Englishsuccessfully. This study focused on the evaluation of the effectiveness of language teachingprogram applied in the preparatory classes by the school of Foreign Languages of a stateuniversity in Turkey through the perspectives of the students studying English for a year. 270students attending the preparatory school participated in the study. The data were gatheredthrough a self-reported student questionnaire and were analyzed descriptively through SPSS20. The results of the study demonstrated that the language teaching program in thepreparatory classes of the School served for its purpose not fully but partially. The findings ofthe study indicated significant implications in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of theprogram. It would give some clues to the administration to understand the effectiveness of theProgram.