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Students today were required to take English in elementary school since the Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE) started a comprehensive reform of the pre-existing educational system in 1997. For the first time ever, this legislation required children in grades four and five to attend 64 hours of English teaching each year and students in grades six through eight to attend 160 hours (five 40-minute classes per week) of instruction (Sönmez and Köksal, 2022).

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The 2005 Curricular Innovation in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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The 2005 Curricular Innovation in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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"The curriculum adopted worldwide trends by incorporating other Western-derived educational approaches, boosting the communicative aspect of language teaching in addition to creating a dramatic pedagogical shift in the classrooms. The 2005 curriculum allows students to learn nonlanguage cross-curricular subjects like geography, music, and sports using English by incorporating a constructivist approach to teaching and learning, active learning, use of tasks, multiple intelligences theory, and content and language integrated learning." (Sönmez and Köksal, 2022, p.5)

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The 2013 Curricular Innovation in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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The 2013 Curricular Innovation in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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The "4 + 4 + 4" model, in which each four-year term of education is equivalent to eight years of primary, elementary, and secondary education, replaced the previous educational model in 2012.   This language planning goal led to the reduction of the starting grade at which English instruction is to begin to the current grade 2. The duration of English sessions has increased, and the materials has been improved (Sönmez and Köksal, 2022).

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As part of the 2017 Curriculum Reform, some competencies related to "Communication in Foreign Languages" were released and listed in the policy paper. These competencies include knowledge, skills, and attitude (Curriculum reform of 2017).

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Curriculum reform of 2017. (18 Temmuz 2017). Müfredatta Yenileme ve Değişiklik
Çalışmalarımız Üzerine... Ankara. (This document will give you an understanding of
the official explanations about the reasons for the last curricular reform. Specifically,
look for info on the ELTPs.) https://tinyurl.com/267wvrn7

Sönmez, G., & Köksal, O. (2022). “A Critical Overview of English Language Education
Policy in Turkey.” Shanlax International Journal of Education, 11(1), 1–9.
https://tinyurl.com/2t2r8t98