DO EFL TEACHING AND MONITORING PRACTICES MATCH THE CURRICULAR PRINCIPLES? INSIGHTS INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ELT CURRICULUM IN THE SECOND GRADES

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The implementation of macro-level language education policies in the field of teaching English to young learners (TEYL) plays a decisive role in designing and administering micro-level instructional practices. Bearing this in mind, we aim to describe English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and monitoring practices in the 2nd grade, which is the starting level for English learning at state primary schools in Turkey. Following that, it attempts to display the match between EFL practices and the English language teaching (ELT) curriculum. To achieve these aims, qualitative data were collected from 13 EFL teachers through open-ended written surveys. Overall, the findings point out that the 2nd-grade TEYL practices largely reflect the curricular underpinnings in terms of teaching and monitoring methodology, language skills, and materials; however, there are slight mismatches in some issues such as teaching literacy skills, error correction and implementation of the projects. In line with these findings, this study elaborates on the importance of TEYL course content and principles in pre-service language teacher education. Also, it draws attention to teacher training on language assessment within the framework of continuing professional development.

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The 2nd grades , EFL teaching and monitoring practices , curriculum implementation

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi