Comparison of mother tongue teaching curriculums implemented at the middle school level in Turkey and England

Abstract

The current study aims to reveal the similarities and differences by comparing the mother tongue teaching curriculums implemented at the middle school level in Turkey and England in terms of “their structure, objectives, learning areas and learning outcomes”. The current study employed the survey model used to reveal the subject of interest as it is and the collected data were analyzed through the document analysis method. In the current study, “The Turkish Teaching Curriculum” revised in 2018 and “The National Curriculum in England-English: Key Stage: 3”, which is the mother tongue teaching curriculum of England, were compared. “English: Key Stage: 3” was developed to teach their mother tongue to students aged 11-14 and corresponds to 6th, 7th and 8th grades of The Turkish Teaching Curriculum”. First the mother tongue teaching curriculums of Turkey and England were downloaded from the official websites. The curriculums were analyzed in a detailed manner in terms of “structure, objectives, learning areas and learning outcomes” to reveal similarities and differences.