Discusses problems within teacher education in Turkey, focusing on western influences and their consequences in building a relevant teacher education program in Turkey. Data from the literature and from the authors' personal experiences indicated that irrelevance between teacher education programs and the realities of Turkish schools and the…

Describes a stylistic analysis component added to a training course for the use of literature in an English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) context. The aim of this component was to help the student teachers explore the effectiveness of applying stylistic analysis of poetry to the design of language activities for use in EFL classes. (12 references)…