Research Information System
International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, vol.10, no.1, pp.119-148, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
In this study, which utilized survey as the research design, it was aimed to
find out the teachers’ perceptions of the middle school English language
curriculum which was developed in 2012 and revised in 2016. Target
population of this study included all teachers working in Turkish public
middle schools in Ankara, while the sample was composed of 349 teachers
selected through clustered sampling method. A questionnaire developed by
the researchers was used as data collection instrument. Findings revealed
that many problems with respect to the components of the curriculum
developed in 2012 have been solved, while only a few but most crucial
problems still exist. It was concluded that this curriculum cannot develop
students’ autonomy, communicative competence, and their writing,
listening, and speaking skills. More research was suggested to be conducted
to find out whether this failure resulted from the design itself or
implementation process.