© Middle East Technical University, Department of Foreign Language Education, Ankara Turkey Recent Announcements           Useful Links Student Affairs METU Online Academic Calendar METU Mail 19th METU British Novelists Conference: Kazuo Ishiguro and His Work Click here The Department of Foreign Language Education offers a B.A. program in  English Language Teaching. Taking into consideration the latest developments in the  field, students are provided with a solid foundation in the English language, English  literature, methodology, educational sciences and linguistics in order to make them  fully qualified teachers of English in secondary schools. The Department also offers  a wide selection of elective courses in literature and linguistics to students in other  Faculties.  The M.A. and Ph.D. programs in ELT introduce major theoretical and  methodological issues in English Language Teaching and provide students with a  firm foundation in the theoretical and applied aspects of the field. Both programs  focus on current issues in teaching and learning languages and professional  development of language teachers.The M.A. and Ph.D. programs in ELIT aim at  providing students with a thorough knowledge of English literature from the Middle  Ages to our day; outstanding writers and their major works are studied, and the  relationships between literature and intellectual trends and between literature and  social problems are investigated. Students are expected to develop a critical  approach to literature; they are taught the critical theories from Plato to Post  structuralism. The program prepares those who intend to teach English literature in  high schools where the medium of instruction is English and those who intend to  become research assistants in the English Literature Departments of universities.  Graduates from ELT can work as curriculum specialists, program  administrators and testers in educational institutions, or as translators. Graduates  from ELIT can work as English teachers in high schools, preparatory schools of  universities, and as research assistants in the English Departments of universities.  History of the Department  8th METU International Postgraduate Conference on Linguistics and Language Teaching Click here Fall Term Schedule for ELT and ELIT Graduate Programs (MA and PhD) Updated 14.09.2011 (Download) The schedule, section lists and course distribution list is available. Please check recently updated advisor list as well. Click here For the first year students! Seminars for “Interactive Registration” will be held in the classroom Z-23 at 10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday (September, 22nd) ELT and ELIT Supervision Codes (Download) 8th METU International Postgraduate Conference PHOTOS