An Assessment of the Perceived Professional Development Needs of Turkish as a Foreign Language Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Ünlü, Nihan Aylin; Öz, Hüseyin
Titel	An Assessment of the Perceived Professional Development Needs of Turkish as a Foreign Language Teachers
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 15 (2019) 2, S.618-632 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ünlü, Nihan Aylin) ORCID (Öz, Hüseyin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Faculty Development; Teacher Attitudes; Language Teachers; Foreign Countries; Needs Assessment; Turkish; Second Language Instruction; College Students; Educational Needs; Second Language Learning; Turkey; Turkey (Ankara) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Ausland; Bedarfsermittlung; Türkisch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Collegestudent; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Türkei
Abstract	This study aimed to investigate the professional development needs of Turkish as a foreign language teachers and to examine whether there was a difference among the professional development needs of teachers with different educational backgrounds. To this end, the professional development needs of teachers were first investigated through a questionnaire administered to a total of 160 participants. Then, 15 teachers were interviewed in focus groups randomly selected from Turkish teaching centers (TÖMER) in Ankara. The population of the study was teachers working in Turkish language centers and institutes around Turkey. As a research method, the explanatory sequential mixed method was used. In the analysis of the data, descriptive and prescriptive statistical analyses were conducted and content analysis was used in the analysis of the interviews. Findings revealed that teachers needed to develop speaking and writing skills in both assessment and teaching. Professional development needs of the teachers varied according to age, occupational experience, the department they graduated from and the latest graduation degree. Finally, pedagogical implications of our research are briefly considered. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01