Abstract
Abstract This qualitative study investigated Turkish EFL lecturers’ views about vital components of a high-quality foreign language education with desirable results. For this purpose, written answers to open-ended interview questions were collected from 15 voluntary EFL lecturers who were working for the same university in the 2016-2017 academic year. The content analysis of the qualitative data revealed four main factors that are believed to be essential for a good EFL education. These categories included effective teaching practices, certain student and teacher characteristics as well as external factors such as physical conditions of classrooms. An overall analysis of the qualitative data showed that the participants’ perceptions comply with five of the seven principles by Chickering and Gamson (1987). Keywords: EFL lecturers, EFL education, perceptions, high-quality education, seven principles
Highlights
Since the universities started to accept higher number of students a few decades ago, undergraduate education classrooms have been increasingly diversified and the quality of education has been the main concern for educators (Biggs & Tang, 2011)
The participants of the study included 15 EFL lecturers currently working for the same university in the eastern part of Turkey
The results clearly show that for the participants of the study effective teaching practices are those that comply with especially five of the seven principles set by Chickering and Gamson (1987)
Summary
Since the universities started to accept higher number of students a few decades ago, undergraduate education classrooms have been increasingly diversified and the quality of education has been the main concern for educators (Biggs & Tang, 2011). On the other hand, has been gaining popularity since the beginning of globalisation which puts the quality of foreign language education top on the priority list across the world. The importance of foreign language education has called for additional research to identify certain indicators of good educational practices. The purpose of the study was to examine Turkish EFL lecturers’ understanding of the essentials of a high-quality foreign language education within the framework of seven principles by Chickering and Gamson (1987)
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