Gülistan Kırmızıgül writing task 1 final draft

THE PROBLEM OF LANGUAGE LEARNING IN       TURKEY AND ITS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

  Have you ever thought why Turkey is bad at foreign languages. Although English has been taught for decades in many places such as schools, courses etc. Turkish people still struggle to speak English fluently and easily. This is the result of wrong teaching methods, teacher-centered education, and limitation of sources for learning. In this essay I will discuss these problems and possible solutions to improve English education.

 Firstly, most common problem is grammar-based education. Teachers only want students to focus on rules and memorize everything. So real learning is not happening. It is mean that people know the rules but when it comes to talking they cannot do it. They are afraid of making mistakes and feel under pressure. To improve this situation teachers and learners should focus more on communication and practice rather than memorize the rules.

 Secondly, teacher-centered classes. In Turkey most English teaching works like this: Teacher talks while students only listen and the student only have passive skills such as listening and reading. This method prevents them from gaining active skills. As a result they become passive learners who cannot communicate effectively. In language learning practice, being active is really important but in this system we cannot do this freely. To solve this problem, students should be more active in class, can take part in more group activities and lessons can be more conversational style.

 Lastly, many people in Turkey do not have access to enough materials such as English books because they are expensive, speaking clubs because not much people see speaking practice as a priority and do not spend time or money on such activities, lack of online materials for students is another problem. Many useful language learning applications are paid and most students cannot afford to use them and the worst is native speakers. To solve this, government should provide more materials, online tools, interactive environments etc.

 In conclusion, there is an obvious foreign language learning problem in Turkey. The main reasons are grammar-based education, teacher-centered classes and limited access to materials. To solve this more practice in study, more communication-based education and better access to overall materials needed. With these enhancements Turkey can be more good at foreign language education system.