Using English in Education in Turkey

English is used in many countries today as a mother tongue or second language. It grows fast and spreads all over the world. It is particularly in the areas of technology, business and mass-media. Most of the countries use it in education. One of these countries is Turkey. After World War II English gained popularity among Turks. Since that time, we have tendency to learn English and teach English.
English is one of the lessons which is taught in schools. It begins in 4. grade -even nowadays it is taught in kindergartens- and continues during our school life. It is given as optional subject behind German and French(in some schools) but majority select English or they have to select it.
Using English in Turkey in education has so many benefits. For example, in a scientific way. If our scientists want to follow today’ s technology or medicine, they have to know English very well. Else, economy of the country increases. Many companies in Turkey can introduce their products to foreign countries as long as they know language since English is an international language. So economic relationships are grow and increase. One of the other benefits is in touristic way. If tourists know when they come to Turkey we can understand what they say, they will feel more comfortable and safe in our country. So our country will get more tourists. And the more tourists come, the more money come. Depending on this, cultural interaction increases. More and more people learn about our culture and history. On the other hand, as long as we know about English we can go foreign countries. And from combination of all of these, because of knowing the other’s culture, Turkey can be more open to new ideas.
Using English in education has got personal benefits, too. Most important of all is job opportunity. We know that, especially English is prerequisite to be accepted for a job. Today English is required even from high school graduateds who want to get a job. Behind that, knowing English gets person to high status. It helps to increase one’ s cultural level and improve ability to express oneself beter to English speaking people. It provides being more social and talkative. When this is the case, knowing English makes it easy to communicate people around the world. If one knows English, he or she can visit every country even if he/ she don’ t know the native language. So, it helps one to have many different friends from different countries and improve his/ her understanding to other people.
English in education in our country is necessary as a contributory to improve communicational capasity of us. Therefore, English can’ t be considered abstractly from our educational system.