An Evaluatıon of Phd Elt Programs in Turkey
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This current study aims to evaluate the PhD ELT programs in Turkey in terms of
program descriptions, program content, and atmosphere in the department, as
well as departmental support and program resources. The study seeks to further
explore course components such as research component, linguistics component,
educational sciences component, methodology component, and literature and
culture courses component. The participants of the study were students enrolled in
PhD ELT programs and graduates who had already graduated from those
programs. The final aim of the study was to suggest a syllabus for these programs
depending on the findings. The study was conducted to shed light on these
programs. The study also serves as a needs analysis which was a very important
point for the betterment of every ongoing program.
An extensive literature review was conducted in order to give a clear picture of the
current status of English and the importance of program evaluation in the
educational field of study. As data collection instrument, a questionnaire was used
in order to get a thorough picture of the current status of these programs. The
collected data were analyzed in order to make a general evaluation of PhD ELT
programs. Then, the data were exposed to further statistical analysis in order to
investigate the influence of every component and aspect listed above in the
evaluation of PhD ELT programs on the part of participants. Finally, the last part of
the study focused on the evaluation of PhD ELT programs of participating
universities. These universities were Hacettepe University, Istanbul University,
Boğaziçi University, Ankara University, Gazi University, Çanakkale University,
Hacettepe University, Yeditepe University, Çukurova University, Anadolu
University, Atatürk University, and Dokuz Eylül University. Based on the analysis
of the responses given by the participants, a suggested program for the PhD ELT
programs was formed in the last part of the dissertation.
