The study was conducted in the English Language Teaching
Departments of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey. The
programme accepts students with scores within the top 7% in the centrally
administered English language module of the university entrance exam, which
results in very close language scores by applicants in the English proficiency
exam.
The programme operates on a 1+4 year basis, comprising a one-year
preparatory class and a four-year mainstream teacher training programme.
Students are, however, exempted from studying in the preparatory year upon
successful performance in an advanced level multiskill exemption exam,
which measures speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills, as well as
knowledge of English grammar. Those who fail the exemption exam are
expected to develop a wide range of language skills, including speaking,
before being admitted to the mainstream teacher training programme. The
corpus data was collected in speaking