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English language teaching as a foreign language continues over a century and it seems that English as a lingua franca will be taught in the future too. The growing technological demands of 21^st century are another important aspect of this era. These two important concepts of our century make the combination of internet communication technologies (ICT) and English as a foreign language (EFL) inevitable in today’s modern settings. When foreign language learners use technological innovations for educational purposes, they reach knowledge easily, in other words instantly; they develop both their linguistic and communicative skills through internet and assess the information through range of channels provided by technology. A question arises in this point; how foreign language teachers will be prepared to this students and learning settings? Foreign language teacher trainees can develop their technological skills and can teach language in a combined way with the help of a web-based language teaching course. However, the research shows that a web-based course for pre-service teachers is missing in most of ELT departments in Turkey. In this respect, the current study is important to gather ideas of future teacher trainers in other words MA and PhD candidates about the issue. We have compiled their ideas about whether English language teaching departments need web-based language courses in pre-service teacher training program. The aim of the study is to gather MA and PhD candidates’ ideas about a possible web-based course. To collect the data of this research a five item interview is prepared by the researchers and thirty MA and PhD candidates of ELT departments answered the interview questions. The results of the study show that participants think a web-based course is necessary for pre-service teachers to enhance prospective teachers’ technology skills and language teaching strategies.