This study aims to determine the effects of the 40-credit elective English courses on the pre-service education at the GLT Departments of Faculties of Education. Descriptive research design is followed in this study. A Likert type scale has been developed to learn the opinions of the students on the subject. The instrument which consists of 15 items has been administered to a sample of 120 students and the data obtained were analyzed according to frequencies and percentages. In the light of the data obtained, the English proficiency levels of the students attending the GLT Departments are higher than their proficiency levels in German. The main factor that affected their choice of this department was their desire to be English teachers. These students, whose first foreign language is English and whose main aim is to be English teachers, do not have a motivation to learn the German language. The elective English language course has a detrimental effect on these students. The application of offering 40-credit elective English courses should be reconsidered and the courses should be reorganized as foreign language courses offered for the students of GLT Departments.