An analysis of the current studies conducted in the world on foreign language teaching policy: a meta-synthesis study

The purpose of this paper is to examine the studies conducted between 2017 and 2021 in the world on foreign language teaching policies under various themes and to display the general tendency. In the study, which was structured according to the case study, one of the qualitative research designs, meta-synthesis approach was adopted to reveal the relevant situation. The results of the study are presented in tables by giving frequency values. As a result of the examination, it was determined that the most studies were journal articles as the type of publication, the most of the studies were conducted in 2020, and the case study was more preferred as the research design. In addition, legal documents were the focus of the majority of the studies examined, followed by academics as a sample group. it was determined that document analysis was mostly used in the analysis of the data. When the research topics of the studies are examined, the majority of studies dealing with the foreign language education policies of the countries come to the fore. Thus, some suggestions have been developed based on the results of the research.