ABSTRACT

Teacher education is an essential part of educational systems all over the world as it has an effect upon the new coming generations. Especially with the rise of modern educational methodologies and approaches, language teaching field has gained priority. Also, considering the arising communication needs with the help of a lingua franca, English Language teacher education has become a controversial issue. Therefore, language education and education of language teachers are significant topics to be debated. Thus, the present study is an attempt to shed light on the differences and similarities between ELT teacher education programmes in European countries and Turkey. The study was designed as a literature review including the comparison between European countries and Turkey in terms of ELT teacher education. The alterations and the adaptations of the programmes with the examples from different countries were also presented in the study.

Key words: teacher education, ELT teacher, language education, European countries.