Fatma Tokoz

Çağ Üniversitesi · English Language Teaching

This paper reports a longitudinal case study exploring the identity construction of a novice English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher in Turkey. The study applies sociocultural and post-structural approaches to teacher education and identity formation. It traces the teacher’s experiences of becoming and being a teacher drawing upon her reflectiv...

The landscape of teacher education has recently experienced a significant transformation, shifting away from conventional constructivist methodologies towards more socio-culturally grounded and critical pedagogical approaches. This shift underscores the growing importance of exploring language teacher identity and underscores the imperative for in-...

We, as editors, are pleased to introduce this book, which serves as a scholarly platform for a collection of research papers exploring the significance of Language Teacher Psychology and emphasizing the crucial role of teachers. The study of language teacher psychology delves into the psychological factors that impact the teaching and learning of a...

STEM and STEAM practices in K-12 curriculums educate learners to be competent, adaptable, resilient, critical, and globally considerate and conscious individuals who use information from different sources as a necessity of the fast-paced digital and complex world. As an innovative approach, STEAM visibly combines school subjects, whereas media, whi...

The development of teacher professional identity is critical in teacher education programs. All of the courses that pre-service teachers take during their education, whether theoretical or practical, significantly impact their professional identity development; however, the practicum period is the most important, as it allows them to apply what the...

The study concerned itself with forms of communication and address in Turkish culture and seeks to study how they are today regarding how they have been developed historically. Many variables determine how one addresses another and the reasons behind how that forms are chosen. It is known that what is culturally acceptable and deemed polite varies...

This paper reports, through a longitudinal case inquiry, on the trajectory of one novice teacher’s professional identity development after completing his pre-service education to become an English teacher in Turkey. He was assigned to a school in the south-east of the country, which has been experiencing worsening civil conflict between regional mi...

The choice of teaching materials and a coursebook that will be used in a language classroom is one of the crucial factors that may create significant differences in teaching and learning process. Hence, the teacher should pay thorough attention to determine the most appropriate teaching materials and coursebook for the particular classroom. This pa...

The world is quickly turning into a global village due to the advancements that have been made in science and technology. It has therefore become necessary for various cultures to learn languages other than their native ones so that they can integrate with others across the globe. With English being spoken across many cultures around the world, the...

From the late 70s’ there has been a growing effort to develop methods and materials which focus on learners’ opinions and autonomy. Hence, there have been plenty of studies to investigate how individuals approach language learning and take responsibility for their own learning process and how teachers can help the students to be more autonomous. Th...

p> The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes and motivation of first-year Turkish undergraduates toward English language learning as a foreign language. The study was carried out with 90 students majoring in business studies at Cag University, Mersin in Turkey by administering a survey designed on a five-point Likert scale with 43 i...

The purpose of this study was to examine the speaking problems of ninth-grade high school Turkish EFL learners and possible reasons for these problems through the perspective of teachers and students. The means of data collection involved a questionnaire for teachers and students, semi-structured interviews and classroom observations considering cl...