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With the decision of "The Ministry of Education Development Project", MONE decided to take English lessons in the fourth grade instead of the middle school level, and the "communicative" approach met with the ELT curriculum for the first time.

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To initiate the English Language Teacher Education
project and To meet the shortage of teachers, the MONE signed a protocol with the Open University Faculty of
Anadolu University; therefore, Turkey’s first distance learning teacher education
program initiated.

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The MONE decided that science and mathematics courses in Anatolian high schools, which were previously taught in English, would be taught in Turkish.

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To achieve standardization in ELT in all types of schools, the one-year preparation class, which was offered in Anatolian,
private and Super English Language High Schools, was abolished.

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A teacher training component was added to the English Access Micro
Scholarship Program with the approval of the Ministry.

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