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Foreign language lessons have been made compulsory starting from the 4th grade of primary schools.

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Turkey's first distance learning teacher education programme was started. To meet the shortage of teacher, mainly created by the TEYL's (Teaching English for Young Learners) the MNE (MEB) signed a protocol with the Open University Faculty of Anadolu University, to initiate the English Language Techer Education.

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The MNE decided that in Anatolian high schools science and mathematics, previously taught in English would be taught in Turkish.  One reason for that was there were not many qualified teachers to teach these subjects in English.

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Training Trainers on Eurepeon Union was initiated by the INSET unit of the MNE through various seminars, conferences, publications and projects to increase teachers' awareness of the EU, and to introduce the teachers to various aspects of the Union.

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English preparatory programs in Anatolian and Super High Schools were abolished in order to ensure standardization and English lessons were given ten hours a week in 9th grades; In the 10th, 11th and 12th grades, it has been redesigned to be four hours a week.

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Unlike the 1997 programme, which adopted "behaviorist" theory, embraced the ""contructivit" theory of learning having the features of student centered learning to foster student autonomy.

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Language proficiency levels of students for the first time classified as (A1/A2) Basic, (B1/B2), Independent, (C1/C2) Experienced.

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With the decision of the Board of Education and Training, English lessons started to take place in the program from the 2nd an 3rd grades.

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Kirkgoz, Y. (2007). English Language Teaching in Turkey: Policy Changes and their Implementations. RELC Journal. 38(2) 216-228 | DOI: 10.1177/0033688207079696

Erarslan, A. (2018). Strengths and weaknesses of primary school English language teaching programs in Turkey: Issues regarding program components. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 4(2), 325-347.  https://tinyurl.com/2p8chphm

Yücel, E. Dimici, K. Yıldız, B., & Bümen, N.T. (2017). Son 15 Yılda Yayımlanan İlk ve Ortaöğretim İngilizce Dersi Öğretim Programları Üzerine Bir Analiz. Ege Eğitim Dergisi, 18(2), 702-737. https://tinyurl.com/mvewtu58

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