LANGUAGE TEACHING POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN THE TURKISH EFL CONTEXT AND THE EFFECTS ON ENGLISH TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION by EMRE BASOK, B.A. THESIS Presented to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Texas at San Antonio in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Kristen Lindahl, Ph.D., Chair Juliet Langman, Ph.D. Kathryn Henderson, Ph.D. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO College of Education and Human Development Bicultural-Bilingual Studies August 2017