Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction (Yasemin Bayyurt/ Yeşim Bektaş-Çetinkaya) -- References -- Part 1: Teacher Education in Turkey -- Chapter 1: Preservice English Language Teacher Education in Turkey (Ayşe S. Akyel) -- Educational Reforms in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th Century -- Teacher Education Schools Prior to the Foundation of the Republic -- Educational Reforms during the Early Years of the Republic (1923-1950) -- Foreign Language Teacher Education during the Early Years of the Republic (1923-1950) -- Quality and Quantity Dichotomy -- Two Major Reforms in the Turkish Teacher Education System (1980-2010) -- The New Curricula for Teacher Education -- Evaluation of the Project -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Perspectives on Preservice Education of English Language Teachers in Turkish Primary Schools (Belma Haznedar) -- The School System in Turkey -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 3: Changing Preservice Teachers' Epistemological Beliefsabout Teaching (Derin Atay) -- Theoretical Framework -- Epistemological Beliefs of Teachers -- The Study -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 4: Professional Development and Turkish EFL Teachers: Building Context-Sensitive Pedagogical Knowledge (Zübeyde Sinem Genç) -- Tasks for Professional Development -- Purpose of the Study -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The Influence of Feedback on Student Teachers' Professional Development (Derya Altınmakas) -- Methodology -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Intercultural Communicative Competence of Preservice Language Teachers in Turkey (Yeşim Bektaş Çetinkaya/ Bengü Börkan) -- Method -- Results and Discussion.

Predicting Attitude, Cultural Awareness, and Intercultural Skills -- Conclusion and Suggestions -- References -- Chapter 7: British Culture in the Eyes of Future English Language Teachers in Turkey (Çiler Hatipoğlu) -- Literature Review -- Method -- Results and Discussions -- Conclusions -- References -- Part 2: English Language Learning in Turkey -- Chapter 8: An Overview of Research on Skills Instruction in Turkey (Demet Yaylı) -- Writing -- Reading -- Speaking and Pronunciation -- Listening -- Implications -- References -- Chapter 9: Possible Effects of Strategy Instruction on L1 and L2 Reading (Reyhan Salatacı) -- Reading in a Foreign Language -- Metacognitive Awareness and Reading Strategy Instruction -- Method -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Chapter 10: Perceived Text Difficulty, Cultural Familiarity, and Lexical Retention of Turkish EFL Learners (Arif Bakla/ Arda Arıkan) -- Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendices -- Chapter 11: Content-Based Instruction at the Tertiary Level in Turkey (Şebnem Yalçın) -- The Rationale Underlying Content-based Instruction -- Previous Research -- Present Study -- Results -- Effects of CBI on L2 Proficiency -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Chapter 12: EFL Teachers' Beliefs and Practices Concerning Reading Strategy Instruction (Burcu Varol/ Sumru Akcan) -- Reading Strategy Instruction in Language Learning -- Methods and Procedures -- Results -- Beliefs Concerning Pre-, While-, and Post-Reading Strategies -- Practices Concerning Reading Strategies -- References -- Part 3: Instructional Technologies in English Language Teaching and Learning in Turkey.

Chapter 13: The Use of Multimedia Computers in Turkish Classrooms: Perceptions of Foreign Language Teachers (Senem Yıldız/ Sibel Tatar) -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 14: Turkish EFL Teachers' Beliefs about the Use of ICT in English Language Teaching (Zeynep Koçoğlu) -- ICT in Language Teaching -- Teacher Beliefs and ICT Use in Language Teaching -- Research Setting and the Profiles of Teachers -- Beliefs in Benefits of Using ICT in English Teaching -- Challenges to the Use of Technology in English Teaching -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 15: E-Mail Exchanges for Language Learning (Eray Sevingil) -- Method -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- Implications for Teaching -- Implications for Research -- References -- Appendices -- Part 4: English Language Education in the Turkish Socio-Cultural Context -- Chapter 16: Proposing a Model for English Language Education in the Turkish Sociocultural Context (Yasemin Bayyurt) -- English in Turkey -- English Language Education Policy in Turkey -- Teaching English as an International Language: a New Model -- Conclusion -- References.