A case study on oral communicative skills while teaching English on the basis of "Lingua Franca" term at university preparatory schools

The high spread of English around the world as an international means of communication has brought about the need to explore the current orientations in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT).The assumption that the teaching of a global language should be different from that any other second language serves as the main point of departure of this study.Lingua Franca interactions in English- those exclusively involving non-native speakers- are mostly common, everyday occurrences worldwide. By examining the naturally-occurring, work-related talk of management personnel communicating in ?lingua franca? English, this paper explores a range of issues surrounding the applicability of conversation analytic methodology to lingua franca talk-data.This study is conducted at preparatory school students and instructors in different universities such as; Marmara University, Başkent University, Osmangazi University, METU, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Pamukkale University. The participants consist of 138 preparatory class students and 43 instructors working at these schools. Students? group fill out A Grammar Test consisting of grammatically wrong sentences, A questionnaire analyzing of speaking classes at preparatory classes, and A Likert Type Attitude Questionnaire. Instructors? group is also given the questionnaires except from grammar test which were prepared in a parallel way to the students? questionnaires. The results of both groups were compared and the findings are interpreted statistically and verbally.Analyses of data indicated that students benefit from lingua franca English in oral communicative skills. The degree of their developmental progress differed depending upon their level of English and motivation respectively.