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Importance of Language in Rebublic times

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Importance of Language in Rebublic times

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There is no doubt that Ataturk placed much more importance in foreign language education than the other nations’ founders on earth. (Sarıçoban, Sarıçoban, 2012)

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Until 1997, the Turkish Education system consisted of a five-year primary education, three-year secondary, and a three-year high school education that prepared the students for Higher Education.  In Turkey, the official language and the language of education is Turkish. Among the foreign languages offered in the education system, currently English is the only language taught as a compulsory subject at all levels of education, having the status of a Foreign Language (EFL), with German and French offered as elective subjects in the curriculum of some schools. (Kırkgöz, 2007)

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After the Curriculum 19997 some changes was done in education. It will be examined in the last timeline.

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Sarıçoban, G. & Sarıçoban, A. (2012). Atatürk and the history of foreign language education. The Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 8(1), 24-49. https://tinyurl.com/u57tubu
Kirkgoz, Y. (2007). English Language Teaching in Turkey: Policy Changes and their Implementations. RELC Journal. 38(2) 216-228 | DOI: 10.1177/0033688207079696

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