TECHNOLOGY RELATED EXPECTATIONS OF TURKISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY

Aside from ‘lingua franca’ of the current age, technology enhanced language learning is
stil in its infancy for the less commonly taught languages. Hacettepe TOMER has been
teaching Turkish as a foreign/second language to the exchange students for several
years though; technology related expectations of the language learners have never
been precisely determined. The current study, as an action research of which the
institution would benefit from, aimed to explore the language learners’ technology
related expectations. The sample of the study is 17 foreigner students attending
Turkish as a second language programs with different native languages. The data were
gathered through a questionnaire form developed by the researchers and a thorough
literature review. The results revealed that HUTOMER should enhance their technologic
facilities and improve the quality of the language education provided at the institution
because participants do expect more multimedia resources during their language
education. Suggestions were made for further research.