Teachers' Views on Summer Learning Loss in English Lesson

Although summer learning loss is a study subject for long time in educational sciences, there are few studies about the reasons and solutions of it. As continuity and exposition to the language outside the classroom are important for English language teaching, summer learning loss becomes more important. The purpose of this case study was to find the opinions and solution offers of English teachers. Study group consists of 37 teachers from different school levels and having at least 3 years of experience. Semi- constructed interviews were made to gather data and the data were interpreted with descriptive analysis method. According to the findings, nearly all of the English teachers share the idea that summer learning loss can be observed in students’ English knowledge. The English lesson should be evaluated different than others with regards to learning loss. Teachers have different views about curriculum and teaching materials. They think that students should be exposed to the English during summer and accordingly, their solutions for learning loss are like summer schools, learning clubs and interactive programs