INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL METHODOLOGY, cilt.8, sa.4, ss.833-851, 2022 (Scopus)
: This study aims to evaluate the English language teacher training program which was put into practice in 2006, according
to the views of lecturers and English teachers. This study aims to contribute to the studies on foreign language teaching by
presenting an evaluation of teacher education, which is an important dimension of English as a foreign language teaching. The
qualitative method was used in the study, which was designed in a descriptive survey model. The population of the research consists
of 35 lecturers working at the English Language Teaching Department of different Education Faculties in the 2016-2017 academic
year and 11 English teachers working in public schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education and who have not
completed 5 years in the profession. NVIVO-11 program was used in the analysis of the data. The results of the study were compared
with the 2018 English teacher education program renewed by the Council of Higher Education. English teachers and lecturers think
that the content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and general culture courses in the teacher training program are
insufficient. According to English teachers and lecturers the content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and general
culture courses in the English language teacher education program are insufficient. Furthermore, English teachers stated that they
could not apply what they learned during their training to real-life conditions. Therefore, they propose that the English language
teacher training program should be revised considering the current conditions