Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Lisansüstü Eğitim Enstitüsü, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2025
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: SAİD YASİR KARAMAN
Danışman: Sedat Beceren
Özet:
This study
examines the reflections and opinions of English language teachers and students
in regard to the regulation implemented by
Ministry of National Education in Türkiye. The regulation encompasses the
assessment and evaluation of the English language which mandates that 50% of
the course grade is based on speaking and listening exams. The regulation
represents a shift toward communicative oriented assessment of the English
language. The study aims to explore both students’ and teachers’ perceptions of
the regulation and identify its advantages and disadvantages, thus revealing
the challenges encountered by the stakeholders during its implementation.
A
qualitative content analysis was employed as the research design to investigate
the issue in depth. Data were collected from two groups which consists of 89 7th
grade students and 7 English language teachers who were actively teaching at
the same schools as the student group. Students completed open-ended written
surveys, and teachers were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The
data were analyzed in MAXQDA software with guidance of literature on the subject.
Findings of
the study suggested that both teachers and students recognized the benefits of
the implementation such as speaking practice, improving communicative skills.
However, particularly teachers expressed problems about the challenges
encountered related to unclear assessment criteria, curricular overload, and limited
instructional time. The students also
voiced problems such as anxiety and stress caused by speaking exams and
academic concerns in addition to various difficulties they have encountered
within the new examination system.
Based on
the analysis of the collected data, the study discussed and evaluated how the
new regulation was perceived by both teachers and students. The findings also
provided detailed insights from the field, which contributed to drawing
meaningful conclusions about the implementation of the policy.