Author/Authors :
DEMİR, Yusuf Selçuk Üniversitesi - Ilgın Meslek Yüksek Okulu, Turkey , YAVUZ, Mustafa Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi - A Keleşoğlu Eğit Fak - Eğitim Bilim Böl, Turkey
Title Of Article :
A Comparative Analysis of the English Language Curricula in Finland, Japan, Korea, China (Shanghai) and Turkey
Abstract :
As a lingua franca, the English language has widely and chiefly been used in science, technology, trade, business and in the global organizations and its importance has already been acknowledged globally. Governments, with a better grasp of the importance of English day by day, have felt the need to include the teaching of English more than before in their educational policies. At this point, features of English language curricula prepared by governments are important in terms of providing cues for revealing the importance given to English language teaching. This study aims to present a global point of view on the English language curricula examined. For this purpose, reading test scores of the OECD’s latest PISA were taken into account and English language curricula of the top four ranking EFL countries (Finland, Japan, Korea, China-Shanghai) were analyzed and compared, by adding to the comparison list a low-ranking country, Turkey. The data obtained through document analysis made clear that on the whole, there exist similarities in the objectives of English language curricula of the five countries. Moreover, similarities and some differing practices were identified with regards to the content, teaching/learning process and evaluation.
