“Language Learner” için 29 makale
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2018/76-legacy-4148, Sayı 6
Despite increasing scholarly interest in language learners’ identities, little effort has been devoted to critically reviewing the latest research on second language learners’ identities and providing future directions for study. This recent increase in research then raises an important set …
International Journal of Languages' Education and TeachingCilt 2017/5, Sayı 3
Iser is literary theoretician and co-founder of the Constance School of Reception Aesthetics, professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Constance and the University of California, Irvine. When Iser died in 2007 in his eighty-first year, …
Language ArtCilt 2017/2, Sayı 2-legacy-4581
This paper investigates the effectiveness of those activities which are based on all types of strategies for teaching conversational skills. These strategies are practiced in the form of 17 activities and their effectiveness on the oral language performane of Persian …
The Turkish Online Journal of Distance EducationCilt 2013/14, Sayı 3
Most of the early studies in the field of language learning strategies focused on identifying the characteristics of good language learners. Identifying and discussing the strategies used by good language learners were considered as a good way to make the …
International Journal of InstructionCilt 2013/6, Sayı 1
Questioning techniques have historically been considered the measurement by which teachers challenge and gauge student learning. Much has been said about questioning strategies used by teachers; yet little is known about the strategies used by pre-service teachers, especially those that …
E-DilCilt 2013/1, Sayı 1
Regarding the reading skills in teaching Turkish asa foreign language, this study is made up of two main parts, namely theories and application. In the first part, reading skills in a foreign language will be described and the strategies as …
International Journal of InstructionCilt 2013/6, Sayı 2
It is essential to support bilingual learners’ language and academic development; however, teaching second language learners English has taken precedence over teaching content area knowledge and vocabulary, specifically for language arts. The focus has shifted from content area instruction to …
Eğitim ve BilimCilt 2013/38, Sayı 170
The purpose of this research is to determine the topics, learning styles, language skills, learning environments, materials, out-of-class activities and assessment methods that are needed by learners of Turkish as a foreign language in the language learning process. The research …
Eurasian Journal of Applied LinguisticsCilt 2017/3, Sayı 2
This paper offers a number of suggestions for foreign and second language teachers who want to help their students develop more positive learning characteristics. In response to a graduate-level methods class designed to help participants develop student-centered instruction, this paper …
Turkish Online Journal of English Language Teaching (TOJELT)Cilt 2016/1, Sayı 3-legacy-3181
This study aimed to explore 100 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ readiness in learning English as a foreign language through a quantitative approach. Data were gathered by means of Learner Autonomy Readiness Instrument (LARI) (Koçak, 2003). Results showed …
İnönü Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2010/11-legacy-685, Sayı 3-legacy-919
Language learning and teaching necessitates at least three basic components: the teacher, the student and the syllabus. While the two components, i.e. the teacher and the student were extensively dealt with in various studies, the syllabus remains an area worth …
Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) DergisiCilt 2017/6, Sayı 3
Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkçeyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen yabancı uyruklu öğrencilerin öğrenen özerkliği davranışlarını gösterme ve bu davranışları uygun bulup bulmadığını belirlemeye yönelik bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Ölçek geliştirilirken madde havuzu oluşturma, uzman görüşü, katılımcı teyidi, ön uygulama, geçerlik ve güvenirlik …
Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi/Mediterranean Journal of HumanitiesCilt 2013/1, Sayı 1
Yabancı dil öğretimi Türkiye’de her zaman ciddi bir sorundur. Bu sorun bazen öğrenciden, bazen de yabancı dil öğretmeni ve kullanılan yöntemlerden kaynaklanmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı MEB İlköğretim okullarında görev yapan İngilizce öğretmenlerinin hangi yöntemleri kullandıkları, etkinlikleri nasıl planladıkları ve öğrencileri …
ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ DERGİSİCilt 2013/2, Sayı 32
Bir dile bütün becerileriyle hâkim olabilmek zorlu ve zaman alan bir süreç gerektirir. Dil öğrenme stratejileri bu süreç esnasında öğrenenlere dili öğrenmeyi daha etkin ve zahmetsiz kılma noktasında katkı sağlayabilecek unsurlar arasında değerlendirilmektedir. Okuduğunu anlama dil becerileri arasında en önemli …
Hasan Ali Yücel Eğitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2012/1, Sayı 17
The recent developments in educational technologies necessiates the application of contemporary approaches like learning autonomy in the field of foreign language learning and teaching. In addition, the development of open and distance learning technologies makes the learner autonomy necessary. By …
JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSISCilt 2017/5-legacy-4144, Sayı 2
The Mnemosyne computer software is a flash-card aid, which optimizes learners’ learning process. The current study was conducted to evaluate the extent to which Mnemosyne can assist college-level Iranian EFL learners to improve their vocabulary learning by utilizing spaced repetition. …
JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSISCilt 2014/2, Sayı 1
Since ‘the development of whole person’ was brought to the focus of attention by humanist psychologists as a central concern in educational theory, affective variables have been assumed to have a significant share in the learning process that goes on …
The Turkish Online Journal of Distance EducationCilt 2013/14, Sayı 4
This study investigates the noncompulsory language learning activities performed by a group of distance EFL learners in the Turkish Open Education System. Performance of these activities has been considered as an indicator of their learner autonomy. The data were collected …
The International Research Journal of Education and Sciences (IRJES)Cilt 2019/3-legacy-4340, Sayı 2
Study on Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in second Language (L2) has become significant in modern language research and instruction. This study aims to explore the perceptions of a group of international EFL PhD students from Iran studying in a public …
The Journal of Language Teaching and LearningCilt 2015/5, Sayı 1
This study examines the effect of anxiety-producing situations on the vocabulary output performance of second language (L2) learners. Two levels of learner anxiety, high anxiety and low anxiety, were identified using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). High-anxiety L2 …
The Turkish Online Journal of Distance EducationCilt 2014/15, Sayı 3
Use of language learning strategies is important for language learning. Some researchers state that language learning strategies are important because their use affects the development of communicative competence (Lessard-Clouston, 1997 & Oxford, 1990). Effective use of language learning strategies has …
Journal of Computer and Education ResearchCilt 2014/2-legacy-2467, Sayı 3
The purpose of this study is to analyze and find out the needs of the fifth grade secondary school students for a two-hour elective English course. The population (N=179) comprises the students from five schools in different regions of Turkey. …
The Turkish Online Journal of Distance EducationCilt 2010/11, Sayı 4
The use of technology is particularly significant in today‘s distance learning scenario. It has maximized the opportunities for interaction between discussion groups separated by time and space. This article reports the responses to a survey carried out with distance learners …
Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2005/7, Sayı 1
The aim of this study is to investigate the results of an “English needs analysis” carried out in the English Departments of Dokuz Eylül University and Ondokuz Mayıs University. The study also attempts to examine the effectiveness of communicative approach …
tojetCilt 2014/13, Sayı 4
Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) through animated stories bears many prospects for an effective and meaningful language instruction as animated stories can help to contextualize the new language providing audio-visual input along with the story narration. In this study, …