https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc en-us 2023-03-17 19:21:42 UTC 2025-11-26 15:33:22 UTC hello@padlet.com songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521304970 The Turkish Language Reform, started by Atatürk, was highly successful in achieving its objectives of purifying, standardizing, authenticating, and modernizing the Turkish language. This led to making the language the standard for written and oral communication, which helped reduce the illiteracy level in society. Education was made accessible to everyone and unified under the Unification of Education Act. The number of national public schools all around the country increased, ]]> 2023-03-17 19:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521304970 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521306747 The alphabet was changed from Arabic to Latin in 1928. ]]> 2023-03-17 19:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521306747 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521306984 Turkish Language Association was founded, which accelerated linguistic objectives through language planning policies.]]> 2023-03-17 19:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521306984 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521310854 The Maarif colleges were introduced, where science and mathematics were taught in a foreign language in addition to intensive language and literature teaching as a separate subject. The aim of these changes was to create modern Turkey, meet the communicative and educational needs of the society, and reduce illiteracy.]]> 2023-03-17 19:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521310854 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521313285 Every four years, a meeting was organized to discuss education-related issues at the national level, and foreign language teaching was first mentioned in 1943. During the early decades of the Republic, illiteracy was a crucial problem, and foreign language teaching had a secondary position. ]]> 2023-03-17 19:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521313285 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521313960 *In 1988, the Board of Education and Discipline(BOED) established a foreign language policy. 
*According to MONE's statistics, there were 193 English-medium secondary schools (103 private, 90 state-owned) in 1987-1988. By the 2006-2007 academic year, the number of private secondary schools reached 717, while the number of Anatolian high schools was 415.]]> 2023-03-17 19:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521313960 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521316505 After the establishment of the Turkish Republic, there were significant changes in the education system, and one of them is the foundation of Anatolian high schools. To have education in an Anatolian high school, students must take a centralized entrance examination. The government founded these schools to meet the demands of families who wanted foreign language instruction for their children but could not afford private school education. They provide a four-year education, including an intensive first-year English course, making them similar to private high schools. ]]> 2023-03-17 19:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521316505 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521318650 The increasing popularity of English led to an increase in the number of schools with English-medium instruction in Turkey during the mid-1980s. ]]> 2023-03-17 19:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521318650 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521320410 The first state university with English medium instruction was Middle East Technical University (METU), which was established in 1956. In many state universities with Turkish medium instruction, students are offered one year of intensive English program (preparatory classes) to become proficient in English. After that, students take courses named "Reading and Speaking in English" aiming to improve their general knowledge of English, followed by "English for Specific Purposes I and II" intending to learn terminology of their fields. Additionally, there is "English for Business" aiming to improve students' oral and written communication skills to help them do business with foreign people and companies.]]> 2023-03-17 19:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521320410 songuloztekinn https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521322301 The Turkish educational system underwent fundamental changes in 1997 regarding the English teaching policy at all levels of education. These changes were brought about due to the Ministry of National Education's (MONE) efforts to reform Turkey's ELT practice, which had long been neglected. The reform was introduced as "The Ministry of Education Development Project" and aimed at promoting effective English teaching in both public and private schools in Turkey. The primary innovation in 1997 was the extension of compulsory primary education from 5 to 8 years, embedding three-year middle school education into primary education. The MONE also introduced English from grade 4 upwards, which used to be introduced at the middle-school level only. ]]> 2023-03-17 20:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/songuloztekinn/e00hglyoo37ubopc/wish/2521322301