Self-Regulation Strategies and Vocabulary Size of EFL Turkish University Students

Senturk, Burcu

The present study attempted to investigate the relationship between Turkish EFL learners' self-regulated learning components and vocabulary knowledge. The study examined the relationship between the participants' proficiency level and vocabulary size. To fulfill this objective, a 150-item Schmitt vocabulary test administered to a sample of 149 students at Hacettepe University and 30 English Language and Literature students at Bulent Ecevit University. The Self-Regulation Questionnaire was administered to the same participants after they answered the vocabulary test. The results revealed that t ...Daha fazlası

Konferans Nesnesi 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, GLOBELT 2016232 , pp. 9 - 97 672 Görüntülenme

Collegial Reactions to Faulty Pronunciation of Teachers in relation to English Language Teaching

Demirezen, Mehmet | Kot, Esma

The aim of this study was to explore the collegial reactions of teachers to faulty pronunciation in relation to English language teaching. Some vowel and consonant sounds of English language are problematic for Turkish English teachers because they do not exist in Turkish inventory of sounds. The pronunciation of these English sounds usually results in fossilized mistakes for the Turkish teachers of English and teacher trainees. In this respect, a questionnaire with 21 items and three subheadings, 'reactions in terms of profession-wise', 'professional efficiency of non-native teachers' and 're ...Daha fazlası

Konferans Nesnesi 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, GLOBELT 2016232 , pp. 4 - 478 621 Görüntülenme

EFL Turkish university students' attitudes and motivation towards reading in English

Senturk, Burcu

Proceedings of the 1st GlobELT Conference on Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language -- APR 16-19, 2015 -- Antalya, TURKEY WOS: 000380512200096

Konferans Nesnesi 2015 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1ST GLOBELT CONFERENCE ON TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE199 , pp. 7 - 712 524 Görüntülenme

Using short Stories in Reading Skills Class

Ceylan, Nuray Okumus

Using literature to teach language has several advantages such as contributing to a better linguistic understanding, a development of creative skills, an authentic model of language use with its rich potential (Ramsaran 1983; Collie & Slater, 1987). Short story seems to be the most suitable one since it is short, and aims at giving a 'single effect', there is usually one plot, a few characters; there is no detailed description of setting. Also, research on short stories in EFL classrooms state that they can be a good indicator of increased motivation, increased interest in reading and improved ...Daha fazlası

Konferans Nesnesi 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, GLOBELT 2016232 , pp. 3 - 315 531 Görüntülenme

The Effect of Contextual Inferencing Strategies on EFL Learners' Attitudes towards Reading

Kulac, Demet | Walters, Jodee

International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language (GlobELT) -- APR 14-17, 2016 -- Antalya, TURKEY WOS: 000387499800065

Konferans Nesnesi 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, GLOBELT 2016232 , pp. 4 - 493 625 Görüntülenme