The Expansion of the English Language Across Turkey: Threat or Opportunity?

Bu çalışmanın amacı İngiliz dilinin Türkiye'deki yaygınlaşmasını ve bu yaygınlaşma karşısında ülkedeki farklı görüş ve sosyal tabakadan insanların bu yaygınlaşmaya karşı gösterdikleri tepkileri ele almak ve aktarmaktır. Bu bağlamda Türkiye'de kaçınılmaz bir olgu olarak önem kazanan İngilizce'ye karşı nasıl davetkâr bir ortamın oluştuğunu göstermek amacıyla ana tartışmadan önce okuyucuya ülke özgeçmişi hakkında kısa bilgiler sunulmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacını gerçekleştirmek için çalışmanın ana bölümlerindeki tartışmalar dil yayılımı ve dil yayılımının altbölümleri olan planlı ve plansız dil yayılımı kuramsal çerçevesinde ele alınmıştır. İngilizce'nin Türkiye'deki şu anki mevcut konumu dört ana ilgi alanı ve çeşitli alt alanlara dayanılarak betimlenmektedir. Bu alanlar İngilizce'nin bilimsel araştırma ve iletişimde, iş yerinde, kültürel ürünlerde ve medyada ve son olarak da eğitimdeki varoluşunu içermektedir. Her bir alt alan için çalışmada küçük bir bölüm insanların İngilizce'nin her yerde bulunmasına yönelik hem kaygılarını hem de olumlu ifadelerini içeren tepkilerini göstermeye ayrılmıştır. Çalışmada İngilizce'nin Türkiye'de yayılımının insanlar arasında ve devlet için ikilemelere yol açtığı ve İngilizce'nin yaygınlaşması konusunda bu kaygılar karşısında kolay bir çözümün yakın bir süreçte görünmediği sonucuna varılmıştır

Türkiye Genelinde İngiliz Dilinin Yaygınlaşması: Tehlike mi yoksa Fırsat mı?

The purpose of this paper is to discuss and report on the spread of the English language across Turkey, and how people from different camps in the country show reactions to its current place. In this sense, with an eye to projecting how a welcoming atmosphere has chronologically occurred in Turkey for English to gain importance as an inescapable phenomenon, brief information on the country profile is given to the reader before the main discussion. To achieve the purpose of the paper, the discussions within the main body of the paper are grounded on the conceptual framework of language spread and its two sub-divisions: planned and unplanned language spread. The current place of English in Turkey is described based on four main domains and their sub-domains. These domains include the presence of English in scientific research and communication, in the workplace, in cultural products and the media and finally in education. For each specific domain, a small amount of space is allowed to cite people’s reactions to the omnipresence of English, including both their concerns and positive remarks regarding the issue. The paper concludes that the spread of English in Turkey creates dilemmas among people and for the state, and no easy solution is seen in the immediate future in regard to the expansion of English

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