ENGLISH AS EDUCATION LANGUAGE

In our country, some universities like METU use English as education language. This education way has a lot of disadvantages in addition to advantages. But I think the disadvantages are more than the advantages. This opinion changes according to person studying lesson in English. In other words, those at other department support that education language is native tongue whereas the students studying at a department related to English usually think that receiving education in English is so normal.As everybody knows, receiving education in English has much importance in the way of improving. That provides with capability of thinking in English and ability of speaking English fluently but it is not always true. Furthermore thinking in English prevent from thinking in Turkish. Not thinking in Turkish means not being able to speak Turkish. Because the reason of not being able to speak English fluently is not being thinking in English.And this is in the same way for Turkish as well. As a student receiving education at Turkish university and a Turkish citizen we must save our language. But because of education in English, we can not protect Turkish. And this is one of the most important disadvantages in our language which education in English results in . The students graduated from universities whose education language is English such as METU, Boğaziçi have more chance to have a job anywhere compared with the others.But giving a job these people we mustn't ignore their communication in Turkish. Because some people can damage their Turkish on behalf of improving English. Secondly, receiving education in English is so normal and necessary for the students studying at Foreign Language Department like us but for the others it is abnormal and difficult. For example due to the fact that education language is English , usually all students except for those at Foreign Language Department have to study Proficiency for one or two year. Moreover the number of those sent out another university because of the fact that they have failed is not enough to disregard. Likewise they have to study difficult lessons such as mathematics, physics...etc in English even if they pass Proficiency.That's why they can not understand subject thoroughly.As a result of this they are unsuccessful or rather they seem unsuccessful. For if the subjects are learnt in Turkish, they can understand, they have such a capacity but they don't understand in English. As if it is not enough to time lost at Proficiency, they might lose a few years at department as well. Consequently education in English has disadvantages in a lot of points of view and education language mustn't be English.