Kurds EFL teachers' awareness of globalization of English language learning in higher education in Kurdistan Iraq

Abstract EN

This descriptive research aimed at investigating Kurdish teachers' awareness of Globalization of English Language Learning in Higher Education in Kurdistan / Iraq.

The current research abstract participated in a workshop in the 2nd International Leading Teachers Summit organized by International Leading Educators Association with the partnership of İstanbul Medeniyet University, National Ministry of Education General Directorate of Teacher Training and Development and Activities Association between 15 - 17 July 2016 in Skopje, Macedonia.

The overall plan of the research evolved out of a verified options questionnaire which was distributed on senior and junior language teachers from two educational institutions in SU/ Kurdistan / Iraq that was College of Education and College of Languages / Depts.

of English .This questionnaire form surveyed a number of issues including : the changing profile of methods of teaching of SU after 2003, the changing nature of English curricula and the increasing need for adaptable, highly qualified researchers and active language teachers.

Each of these issues was connected to the impact of globalization the education sector.

The total participants were (20) language teachers which were selected randomly among a group of (50) senior and junior teachers of English in the two colleges in Salahaddin University for the studying year 2015-2016.T-test formula used to analyze the results of the collected data and the percentage formula was used for the frequencies of the teachers responses.

Statistical results revealed that English teachers in both colleges agreed that seniors must incorporate a variety of text types and different up-dated strategies of globalized language teaching .They also must be connected to online teaching programs with different language teachers all over the world.

Moreover, they all agreed that the responsibility must be shared between both the students and the teachers; the later must participate in authentic globalized texts that might be beneficial for them.

Both teachers and students must regularly participate in workshops regulated by teaching g and learning exerts.

Eventually the researcher recommended and suggested a group of new ideas for further research for the sake of developing trends of teaching English as a foreign language.