An Analysis of the Methods and Techniques Used by the Teachers in English Lesson at Primary Schools in Turkey

Authors : Ekrem SOLAK, Gamze ERDEM

Pages : 10-17

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Publication Date : 2017-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study investigated the choice of methods of teachers and reasons for this preference in English lessons at Primary Schools in Turkey. This study was qualitative in nature and comprised ten English teachers working at two primary schools in Ankara, Turkey. A survey which had two sections was administered to the participants in written form. The first section of the survey was composed of the demographic data of the participants such as the experience of the teacher and the department graduated and the second part involved the open-ended questions on the choice of language teaching methods and the reasons for this preference. The results of the study revealed that teachers mostly used question and answer technique and communicative method in the classroom. The number of the students, technological utilities, and the language level of the students directly influenced the method used by the teachers in the classroom. It was also highlighted in this study that the importance of interaction and the role of culture made language teaching different from other disciplines.  
Keywords : Language teaching methods, approaches and methods in language teaching, early language teaching