AN EVALUATION OF AN ENGLISH LANGAUGE TEACHING EDUCATION PROGRAM IN TERMS OF TEACHER AUTONOMY

The present study aims to evaluate an English Language Teaching (ELT) Program of a
university in Turkey in terms of teacher autonomy development. It attempts to do so by
investigating course catalogues described in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation
System (ECTS) of the program through the framework of European Profile for Language
Teacher Education (EPLTE). The paper reports on the research findings from that analysis
and the other qualitative analysis using a semi-structured interview conducted with seven
teacher educators who have had experience with the ELT program. The results show that the
ELT program has covered most of the aspects included in the checklist and the teacher
educators shared positive views about the program in terms of autonomy development. They
also gave some suggestions about the program and the context of the courses.