Open AccessA Survey of University Composition Education in Turkey
Author(s) -
Haris Haq
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of world englishes and educational practices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2707-7586
DOI - 10.32996/jweep.2021.3.6.1
Subject(s) - composition (language) , context (archaeology) , mathematics education , pedagogy , graduate students , higher education , scale (ratio) , focus (optics) , sociology , political science , public relations , psychology , geography , linguistics , law , philosophy , physics , cartography , archaeology , optics
Composition Studies, is something that is often associated with universities in the United States, characterized by elements such as FYC (First-Year Composition), writing centres, advanced writing training for graduate students, and so forth. However, the composition is by no means limited to any one country, but research in its manifestation in other contexts is limited. That is the case for Turkey as well, a nation that possesses its own unique infrastructure of composition education, influenced by its own challenges and lived environment. In this paper, that infrastructure is analyzed with regard to its context, purpose, aims, and outcomes. It was found that that a framework of writing education exists in both public and private universities and is hand-in-hand with the English focus of certain educational programs. However, even up until the graduate level, there seem to be issues that draw attention to students' educational experience. The small-scale studies that have been done to date give clues (that often correspond with each other) on where the problems lie, specifically in need for more feedback, instruction in writing and mechanics, and so forth.