EFL in Turkey

1930 curriculum

English lessons five hours a day

1938 curriculum

1949 curriculum

1991 curriculum

There is an emphasize only on the course hours

Three hours of English lessons per week in grades 6-8, language teaching in four basic skills. Special importance to speaking and listening skills.

1973 curriculum

Three hours a week in the 1-3th grade of girls and boys secondary schools and mixed secondary schools.

Aims to provide students with the abilitiy to understand what is spoken in a foreign language and to speak clearly etc.

1997 curriculum

2006 curriculum

English is a compulsory course in primary school, two hours in the fourth and fifth grade; four hours in the sixth, seventh and eighth grade

GTM (Grammar Translation Method)

Talim Terbiye Kurulu Başlanlığı

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Starting from the 4th grade, weekly course time schedule as two hours in grades 4-5 and four hours in other levels. The program is process-oriented and and student-centered.

2013 curriculum

The 12-year compulsory education started in 2012.

The second grade level.

2018 curriculum

Two hours each in grades 2-4, three hours in the 5th and 6th grades, and four hours each in the 7th and 8th grades.

To teach students the roots values such as friendship

The Common Framework Program of the European Language Teaching