A Research about the Level of Using Language Teaching Methods and Its Effect on Some Variables: in Turkey

The aim of this research is to define language teaching methods used by English teachers in Turkey and their usage level and to define if the level of usage changes according to gender, seniority and graduated school types. The research group consisted of 95 English teachers who study in secondary school in Duzce in 2013-2014. Survey method was used and quantitative data were used. Language teaching methods scale developed by researcher was practiced to define which methods English teachers use. As a result, it was seen that teachers used Grammar Based Method at a high level and used Speaking Based Method at a low level. As a result of statistics, it was seen that methods changed according to gender, seniority and graduated school types.