4th National Congress of English Language Teachers

The Summary of the 4^th National Congress of English Language Teachers

4^th National Congress of English Language Teachers was completed in Çanakkale OnSekiz Mart University. The congress was about the problems of trainee teachers. There are many participants from other universities. There are many problems that they confront during their education process, but I will concern about the most important ones.

                                                                   Problems

1)      All the trainee teachers are not elected according to their qualification. Because of the educational system of Turkey. Only grammatical exam is not enough to elect.

2)      They cannot speak very well in English when they present, lecture and express themselves. As a consequence of this; they do not speak in English at the school/class, like a chain, it is continuing and their students also cannot speak in English.

3)      There are many useless lessons in the University, instead of this; there should be lessons with higher quality.

4)      When they are studying for KPSS (To be a teacher in government exam to be elect the trainee teachers)/ Last year, there is a training and work experience scheme. They do not care about the internship because of the exam. In addition, the department lesson is not at the same period with the internship. So, it leads knowledge to forget.

5)      There is a really important problem with testing and evaluation at university. They are not study, they only memorise the knowledge and the other day, they forget. It is because, questions do not evaluate the usage of the knowledge and most of the questions are useless. (I am writing a research paper that is about testing and evaluation on trainee teachers, there will be more information.)

                                                            Answers

1)      There should be an exam that is analytical and qualified. That exam should not only elect the grammatical rules but also speaking, writing, reading, listening and trainee teachers’ personality/psychology.

2)      Teachers should speak English and trainee teachers should be exposed to an English language. Moreover, they can find a friend to talk in English with the help of the internet.

3)      Curriculum should be arranged for trainee teachers’ need.

4)       Their department lessons and their internship should go together in dread that gains are permanent.

5)      Testing and evaluation are really important for anxiety, inhibition and hesitation while learning process. Tests are also a method of teaching and learning. If students’ eagerness is dispirited, we cannot talk about learning except the memorising. There will be more information about the testing and evaluation, wait for the October.