Abstract:

This study provides an account of 2nd grade EFL teachers� opinions about 2nd Grade English Language Teaching Curriculum. Data was collected through interviews with 14 teachers working at ten different state primary schools in five different cities of Turkey. Interviewed teachers had an experience in teaching ranging from one to twelve years. Data was analyzed by qualitative techniques according to pre-determined twenty categories standing for each of the interview questions. The results of the study indicated that teachers appreciated the 2nd Grade English Language Curriculum in terms of the need analysis, evaluation and assessment, age and level relevance, teaching techniques and vocabulary teaching while they criticized it mostly in terms of lack of extra materials, unsuitability to be applied in crowded classrooms, uncertainty of cultural focus, lack of necessary learning techniques, motivation for students and parents.

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