The educational and technical courses in the ELT program in Turkey: Do they contribute to ICT skills?

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Table 1. The educational and technical courses in the ELT program in Turkey

Technical courses	Educational courses
Computer I-II	Introduction to Educational Sciences
Literature and FL Education I-II	Psychology of Education
Linguistics I-II	Approaches to ELT I-II
Language Acquisition	Instruction Principles and Methods
Scientific Research Methods	ELT Methodology I-II
Educational Technologies and Materials Development	Teaching English to Young
Short Story Analysis and Teaching	Learners I-II
Poetry Analysis	Teaching Language Skills I-II
Novel Analysis and Teaching	Classroom Management
Testing and Evaluation	School Experience
Elective I (Pragmatics)	Guidance
English Language Testing and Evaluation	Special Education
Elective III (Discourse Analysis)	Teaching Practice
Comparative Education/Syntax
Language Teaching Materials Adaptation and Development
49 credits-75 ECTS	59 credits-81 ECTS

Table 2. The credits and ECTS credits of the technical and educational courses

Year	Semester	Technical courses		Educational courses
		Credits	ECTS	Credits	ECTS
I	1st	3	4	3	4
	2nd	3	4	3	4
II	1st	6	8	6	9
	2nd	13	21	7	10
III	1st	9	9	14	21
	2nd	3	4	8	11
IV	1st	5	11	10	14
	2nd	7	14	8	8
Total credits and ECTS		49	75	59	81

Table 3. The mean and total mean scores of the technical and educational courses

	Course name	Mean score	Total mean
Technical courses	Computer I	2.66	2.05
	Computer II	2.72
	Literature and FL Education I	1.93
	Literature and FL Education II	1.84
	Linguistics I	1.42
	Linguistics II	1.15
	Language Acquisition	1.51
	Scientific Research Methods	2.15
	Educational Technologies and Materials Development	3.77
	Short Story Analysis and Teaching	2.32
	Poetry Analysis	1.72
	Novel Analysis and Teaching	2.15
	Testing and Evaluation	2.88
	Elective I (Pragmatics)	1.31
	English Language Testing and Evaluation	2.60
	Elective III (Discourse Analysis)	1.10
	Comparative Education/Syntax	1.12
	Language Teaching Materials Adaptation and Development	2.60
Educational courses	Introduction to Educational Sciences	1.96	2.12
	Psychology of Education	1.35
	Approaches to ELT I	2.13
	Approaches to ELT II	2.20
	Instruction Principles and Methods	1.44
	ELT Methodology I	1.47
	ELT Methodology II	1.22
	Teaching English to Young Learners I	2.69
	Teaching English to Young Learners II	2.49
	Teaching Language Skills I	2.40
	Teaching Language Skills II	2.16
	Classroom Management	2.49
	School Experience	3.42
	Guidance	1.09
	Special Education	1.93
	Teaching Practice	3.56