A study on the implementation of an accreditation process within a university intensive language program

Quality assurance programs take a significant place in today's foreign language programs in higher education. However, the adaptation process of the quality assurance programs in universities may differ according to their situational or institutional factors. In this study, the main aim was to explore the opinions of instructors in the adaptation process of Accreditation Process within the Prep- Program in a Private Foundation University, School of Foreign Languages Department through the lens of socio-constructivist theoretical framework. In order to explore and this aim of qualitative study, unstructured interview was conducted to get clear and in-depth results. For the purpose of the study, 20 university instructors were interviewed accordingly, and open coding was done. The results revealed four themes and that accreditation process has some advantages and disadvantages in terms of teaching, motivation, teamwork, quality, and creativity of teachers.