A survey on classroom factors affecting the implementation success of 4th class english language curriculum in socioeconomically different primary state schools

The importance of language learning is increasing day by day and for this reason Turkey national education ministry carries out extensive studies on English language programme. In consequence of these studies, there are regulations in the programme. With these regulations, English language learning starts at the 2nd level of primary school, it uses communicative language learning method, it focuses on listening and speaking skills and the schools need technology. The aim of this study is to research the implementation of English language learning programme in socioeconomically different schools, to decide its practicality and to state the factors affecting implementation in classrooms. In accordance with this aim, students in the 4th level of primary school and their English teachers in three socioeconomically different schools participated in the study. The data set was obtained by qualitative methods. It was revealed that socioeconomically good and avarage schools could implement English language learning programme thanks to the factors in classroom. However, socioeconomically inadequate schools could not implement the programme effectively due to inadequate classroom factors. This means most of the schools in the research implemented English language learning programme effectively however; it could not obtain the whole success.