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Secondary & Collegiate English Composition Education in Turkey: a Case Study of History and Present State
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In: English Dissertations (2022)
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Turkey is a nation situated between Europe and Asia with a population of over 80 million. It is literally and metaphorically an embodiment of its reputation as the intersection of East and West, be it geographically, socially, politically, or culturally. Its modern history was significantly influenced by its role as the succeeding state to a collapsed empire and adapting to the ever-changing world it found itself engaged with. This dissertation analyzes the state of English composition education in Turkey at the secondary and tertiary levels, responding to a gap in the literature in examining contexts outside of the United States. English is a significant area of national educational policy in Turkey. There is a dynamic research community within the more prominent field of English Language Teaching (ELT), but this is not the case with rhetoric & composition, which is mainly absent in Turkey. This study focuses on English composition and writing in Turkey in both a descriptive and comparative way. The secondary school period is given particular attention, considering its significant influence on future writing development. Through the implementation of a qualitative case study methodology, this project analyzed university and secondary school curriculums, syllabi, program goals, course objectives, government policy documents and studies, existing literature, news articles, and government and school websites to provide a survey of composition education with regard to outcomes, goals, and limitations. Framed in an interdisciplinary context, this study builds on history, pedagogy, EFL, Linguistics, English studies, and rhetoric & composition literature. It was found that there are various frameworks in place at the secondary and university levels in Turkey to accommodate for English composition education. While the accessibility and quality of this education are varied, writing competencies do hold a place in the generally centralized educational curriculums. Still, a variety of challenges exist with regard to composition education in Turkey, including rigid curricular models, a lack of research and study on writing, and ineffective teacher selection frameworks, and for which a variety of solutions are proposed.
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Applied linguistics; ELT; International composition; Policy; Rhetoric; TESOL; Turkey; Writing studies
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URL: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_diss/254
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1273&context=english_diss
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The impact of the hidden curriculum on international students in the context of a country with a toxic triangle of diversity
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Pomak
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03451801 ; 2021 (2021)
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Destination-language acquisition of recently arrived immigrants. Do refugees differ from other immigrants? ; Spracherwerb von Neuzuwanderern. Unterscheiden sich Geflüchtete von anderen Migranten?
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In: Journal for educational research online 13 (2021) 1, S. 128-156 (2021)
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Pomak
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03451801 ; 2021 (2021)
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CHALLENGING NARRATIVES: KURDISH YOUNG ADULTS IN ISTANBUL AND CHICAGO
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In: Theses and Dissertations--Anthropology (2021)
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Roman culture in a Greek context: Smyrna between the first and the fourth century AD. Some preliminary observations
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Yabancı: eine Autoethnografie der Migration ; Yabancı: An Autoethnography of Migration
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In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research; Vol. 20 No. 3 (2019): Qualitative Content Analysis I ; Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research; Vol. 20 Núm. 3 (2019): Qualitative Content Analysis I ; Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research; Bd. 20 Nr. 3 (2019): Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse I ; 1438-5627 (2019)
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Yabancı: An Autoethnography of Migration
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In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research ; 20 ; 3 ; 21 (2019)
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The Spatial Dimension of Insurgent-Civilian Relations: Routinised Insurgent Space
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In: 44 ; PRIF Working Papers ; 35 (2019)
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Der türkische "Bakkal". Veränderungen in der Einzelhandelslandschaft der Türkei ; The turkish "Bakkal". Changes in the Retail Landscape of Turkey
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Durak, Filiz. - : opus, 2019. : Bamberg, 2019. : "SPLIT", 2019
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A Research Guide to Southeastern Europe: Print and Electronic Sources
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In: Library Staff Publications (2019)
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TRANSLATOR AGENCY IN TURKEY UNDER CENSORIAL CONSTRAINTS: 1990s to the PRESENT
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In: Doctoral Dissertations (2019)
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Turkish University Students’ Self-Perceptions of Aging: An Analysis Over Socio-Economic Dimensions
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Noms de partis et messages politiques : le cas des partis politiques kurdes légaux en Turquie
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In: Mots. Les langages du politique, n 120, 2, 2019-07-02, pp.91-107 (2019)
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DIALECTICS OF STRUGGLE CHALLENGES TO THE KURDISH WOMEN'S MOVEMENT ...
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DIALECTICS OF STRUGGLE CHALLENGES TO THE KURDISH WOMEN'S MOVEMENT ...
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Surveying Immigrants: The Role of Language Attrition and Language Change in the Application of Questionnaires
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In: Surveying the Migrant Population: Consideration of Linguistic and Cultural Issues ; 19 ; GESIS-Schriftenreihe ; 95-105 ; GESIS Symposium on "Surveying the Migrant Population: Consideration of Linguistic and Cultural Aspects" (2018)
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EFL teachers' conceptualizations and instructional practices of critical thinking
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In: International Online Journal of Education and Teaching ; 4 ; 418-433 (2018)
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The Subversion of East and West in Orhan Pamuk’s novel, The White Castle
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In: CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (2018)
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