Özet:

Learning English has been a challenge that has been attributed to great importance throughout the world as well as in Turkey for years. The decline in the age of English learning over the years is one of the indicators of this. The current study aims to reveal the difficulties of English used today as a common communication language almost all over the world in the teaching and learning point in Turkey as a foreign language and the facilities that then exist in this framework. In this regard, the introduction of the study was addressed with the main lines of the historic development of foreign language teaching in Turkey in general and in particular English teaching. In addition, the current situation has been revealed in a realistic way with the data that reveal the products of English teaching in Turkey. After that, in Turkey, which strengthens the process of learning English, the English language is not a second language in Turkey, the deficiencies in the context of the teaching qualities, the process of learning language requires time and patience, the existing prejudices on the English and language learning process, the important steps taken, the main factors such as the fact that the local books cannot reach the desired level and the measurement-evaluation tools cannot be used effectively to support learning, have been detailed. After the challenges were addressed, the well-prepared current English lesson curricula programmes that facilitate English learning in Turkey today, the technological developments that support language education, the unlimited diversity of resources available, the English elements that can be used around and in our daily life and the increasing international projects in the scope of exchange programs have also been discussed in detail. In the drawn framework there are also some suggestions that will contribute constructively to the teaching of English in the context of Turkey.

Anahtar Kelimeler: