Introduction and background
In Turkey, English is seen as a world language and the vast majority of students
study English as the main foreign language in both state and private schools at all
levels from primary to higher education. The Turkish National Ministry of Education
(MEB) states that, ‘the teaching and learning of English is highly encouraged as
it has become the lingua franca, in other words, the means of communication among
people with different native languages’ (Talim Terbiye Kurulu 2006, 16).