English as a Lingua Franca or English as a Foreign Language: Perceptions, Beliefs, and Teaching Practices of Turkish English as a Foreign Language Teachers

Yılmaz Şengöz, Melda; İnal, DİLEK

English as a Lingua Franca or English as a Foreign Language: Perceptions, Beliefs, and Teaching Practices of Turkish English as a Foreign Language Teachers

Hayef:journal of education (Online), cilt.20, sa.3, ss.240-250, 2023 (TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2023
Dergi Adı: Hayef:journal of education (Online)
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.240-250
İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

As a result of the internalizaton of English and increasing use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), there are rising questons and discussions related to English language teaching pedagogy. In this regard, this qualitatve case study investgates English language instructors’ ELF awareness and teaching practces, working at the department of foreign languages of a private university in Istanbul. The data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews conducted with 25 teachers and analyzed through inductve analysis. The analysis of the data revealed the perceptons and beliefs of teachers related to ELF and the implicatons of ELF in their pedagogical practces. The study provides signifcant implicatons for EFL instructors’ teaching practices.