Abstract
THE VIEWS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2ND GRADE STUDENTS
In today's world, English stands out as the common language of communication in many fields from scientific research to international trade. This situation makes the need for individuals to be able to use English effectively even more evident. Therefore, it has become an inevitable necessity for education systems to be structured with qualified and functional programs aiming to improve individuals' language proficiency. In this context, it is important for English teachers teaching in primary schools to evaluate the primary school English curriculum based on their own experiences and to reveal the problems they experience. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the second grade English curriculum in primary schools in line with teachers' views. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research method designs, was used in the study. The study group of the research consists of 16 classroom teachers, 9 female and 7 male, working in Malatya in the 2024-2025 academic year. Purposive sampling, one of the non-random sampling methods, was preferred in the study. The data were collected through semi-structured interview questions with the participants and the data obtained were analyzed by content analysis method. As a result of the study, it was determined that most of the English teachers teaching in primary schools found language teaching at young ages and the curriculum generally positive, found the current number of lesson hours low, and had high self-efficacy perceptions about English language teaching. In addition, teachers stated that they mostly used activities such as cooperative learning, question-answer, song, animation and games in teaching English, that they had the most difficulties in getting down to the level of the students and distracting students quickly, and that they tried to solve problems by using fun and different activities.
Keywords
Keywords: Primary School, English, Teacher, Foreign language.
