Vol. 5 Issue 33 – Research Paper: ‘A Passage from Linguistics to English Language Teaching: Students’ Experiences and Expectations’ by Muhlise Cosgun Ogeyik

Linguistic courses in ELT (English Language Teaching) departments, in some ways, may create obstacles due to their firm theoretical framework. Therefore, this study is concerned with the main problems for the students taking linguistic courses in ELT Department at Trakya University in Turkey. The purpose of the study is to investigate the attitudes of the students in ELT departments towards attending linguistic courses. The survey was carried out with 21-item Likert type scale designed by the researcher. The results specify that, the students at Trakya University admit the effectiveness of linguistic courses and have found a way to applied linguistics from theoretical linguistics. (Contains 3 tables.)

Keywords: Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English, Teaching Methods, Likert Scales, Undergraduate Students