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Professional development is the core stone of the teacher's professionalism and quality. The fact that teachers are equipped with different skills according to changing conditions contributes to the facilitation of teaching processes and the provision of training and teaching services at a professional level. With the changes in the scientific, technological and pedagogical perspectives, the needs of individual and professional development programs that can also be defined as a learning and upgrading process for second language teachers are attracted. Research shows that effective professional development programs create positive changes in teachers’ knowledge and skills. In this context, various studies are carried out to contribute to the individual and professional development of second language teachers. This study aims to study the STARTALK Teacher Education Programs, which are one of these studies and are being implemented within universities in many states of the United States, and to discuss the contribution of Arabic teachers to the professional development in Turkey. The focus of the study is the Arabic Teacher Training Programs. This research aimed at promoting the STARTALK Program in order to support the development of Arabic teachers in our country from an individual and professional point of view, presenting the activities titles that include methodological practices and contributing to the improvement of Arabic teaching in Turkey.

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