COVID-19 THROUGH THE LENSES OF TURKISH STUDENT TEACHERS OF ENGLISH

Authors

  • Oya Tunaboylu Isparta Suleyman Demiral University, Turkey
  • Sevim Inal Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v8i3.3666

Keywords:

Covid-19 pandemic, Turkey, student teachers of English language, ELT

Abstract

This article aimed at unearthing the opinions of teacher candidates of English on Covid-19 and how it has affected their future career plans, current educational endeavours and also investigated how and in what way their English proficiency could be related to the phenomenon. A total of 127 prospective English language teachers enrolled in ELT department at a state university participated in the study. Data were collected through three open-ended questions. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. The findings showed that the current pandemic has led some student teachers to review or postpone some of their educational plans while some were encouraged to learn technology-related new skills. Findings showed that participants somehow have become ‘pandemic-literate’ by following the news from international sources and they have grown sensitivity toward global issues that they feel responsible to integrate these topics into mainstream English courses when they start teaching.

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Author Biographies

  • Oya Tunaboylu, Isparta Suleyman Demiral University, Turkey
    Dr. Sevim Inal is working as an associate professor at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. She received her MA and PhD degrees in ELT area. She has published articles and books and attended various national and international conferences.
  • Sevim Inal, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey
    Dr. Oya Tunaboylu is working as an associate professor at Isparta Süleyman Demirel University. She received her MA and PhD degrees in ELT from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. She has published articles and book chapters and attended various national and international conferences. Her research interests are teacher training, professional development, and learning strategies.

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Published

2021-04-05

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2021)

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