Preparatory English Program

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Can exams change how and what teachers teach? Investigating the washback effect of a university english language proficiency test in the turkish context
(Hacettepe University, 2018) Sağlam, Aslı Lidice Göktürk; Preparatory English Program; GÖKTÜRK SAĞLAM, Aslı Lidice
This article reports a mixed-method study that examined the washback effect from a locally-produced, theme-based, high-stakes English language proficiency test in tertiary education in a Turkish EAP context. The aim was to explore the extent to which washback on teaching was induced by an integrated theme-based English proficiency test designed to reflect authentic language use in the tertiary education context in Turkey. The data collection involved classroom observations and focus group interviews with 14 instructors from the Preparatory English Language Program (PEP). Classroom observations were conducted using the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching Observation Scheme (COLT) (Spada & Frohlich, 1995), and data was qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed. Inductive analysis of the transcribed interview data was also used. The findings indicated that both positive and negative test effects were exerted on teaching. In addition to positive washback on materials, this study also found negative washback in the form of narrowing of the curriculum. Findings also implied that although the test had varying amounts and types of washback depending on the particular teacher involved, both content and methodology in teaching are affected. The article concludes by interpreting these results in the light of recent studies on learner washback, discussing implications for teachers, and providing suggestions for further research.
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Colouring up your speaking lessons using videos
(2016-04-14) Çolak, Selin Tanrıverdi; Preparatory English Program; ÇOLAK, Selin Tanrıverdi
This presentation will focus on how to add variety to speaking activities by using videos in the classroom. Participants will be involved in a demo lesson in which they will play the roles of students describing movie scenes to each other in pairs. This activity can be adapted for use for an array of contexts, age groups and classroom environments.
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Learning portfolio (LP) to enhance constructivism and student autonomy
(Elsevier, 2010) Büyükduman, İlke; Dülger, Selen Şirin; Preparatory English Program; BÜYÜKDUMAN, Ilke; DÜLGER, Selen Şirin
A learning portfolio (LP) can be broadly defined as a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student's efforts, progress and achievements (Smith & Tillema, 1998). At Preparatory Program at Ozyegin University (hereafter OzU), a new evaluation system is being implemented. This paper describes the components of LP practice at OzU, relating the process to the principles of constructivism and learner autonomy. Also the outcomes of a survey that was conducted to find out the perceptions of the students regarding the LP practice are presented and interpreted.
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Let your students speak: fun and effective ways to increase students’ confidence to speak
(2011-11-26) Zeydan, Sultan; Preparatory English Program; ZEYDAN, Sultan
In the communicative model of language teaching, we should help our students develop authentic practice for real-life communication situations since the main goal of English Language Teaching is to empower students to become independent learners. In order to do this, multi-sensory tasks requiring integrated skills should be offered to students. The teachers’ feedback reveals that creating real-life communication situations can enrich and foster in-class speaking and prevent students from misunderstandings and communication breakdowns. Drawings, headlines, diagrams and cards are excellent sources to make lessons more memorable and enjoyable.The main purpose of this presentation is to introduce a series of innovative and creative activities increasing students’ motivation and confidence to speak more voluntarily inside and outside class.
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Perceptions of in-service teachers regarding technology integrated English language teaching
(Anadolu University, 2012-01-07) Sağlam, Aslı Lidice Göktürk; Sert, Semih; Undergraduate English Program; Preparatory English Program; GÖKTÜRK SAĞLAM, Aslı Lidice; Sert, Semih; SERT, Semih
Technology is changing paradigms in education rapidly and teachers are caught unguarded due to lack of professional training in this aspect. This study reflects the perceptions of nine ELT instructors with M.A TEFL degrees and with over six years of professional experience. Despite the lack of formal professional training as part of their pre-service teacher education, these instructors need to cope with the demands of this transition in daily implementation. Data were collected through semi structured interviews, open-ended questionnaires and field notes. An inductive analysis approach was used to analyze the data and emergent patterns of data were used to develop coding categories. Results indicated that respondents held positive views about the role of educational technology for enriching language instruction. However, they also acknowledged the challenges faced and emphasised the need for ICT training not only for teachers but also for students. It is concluded that participants make use of technology to teach academic and linguistic skills in an integrated skills approach, encourage students to construct knowledge, expose students to life-long learning skills and strategies, cater for different students who have different learning styles, find and create teaching materials, develop skills through exposure to existing on-line sources and create a motivating environment that is conducive for learning.
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Pueblos silenciosos/silent comunities: within the grain, against the grain
(2016) Onay, Özge; Undergraduate English Program; ONAY, Özge
This assignment is an attempt to map in general sense the origins and development of the Chicano movement in The United States. The reason why a term like’’Chicano/-a’’ was coined and what it means politically, socially, economically is going to be discussed in depth. The term Chicano or Chicana (also spelled Xicano or Xicana) was coined to characterize Latinos as American born but originally based in Mexico. Filmed in 1987, the movie ‘’Born in East L.A.’’ is a cultural representation of Xicanos, that’s why this movie has become a great source for me to fill up5. the term ‘’Chicano/-a’’ to form the basis for my assignment and be able to be more open in terms of elucidating the new identity called ‘’chicano’’today. Keywords: Chicano Literature, minority studies, postcolonial era, border movies, Chicanos
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Takılmak, oyalanmak ve teknoloji geyiği yapmak
(Pegem Akademi Yayınclık, 2016-12) Thomas, D.; Brown, John S.; Bilgin, Selçuk
Günümüzde, değişim kaçınılmaz bir gerçek, öğrenme tarzındaki çeşitlilik de aynı şekilde. Bu kitapta, Doug Thomas ve John Seely Brown değişimin gücünü, birbiriyle ilişkili kavramlar olan ilham almayı, bireysel öğrenmeyi ve yeni ortaya çıkmakta olan öğrenme kültürünü bize tanıtıyorlar. Geleneksel anlamdaki kültür kavramını, öğrenme ortamındaki her türlü değişkene göre kendini geliştirme, değiştirme ve uyum sağlama olarak ele alıyorlar, öğrenmeyi ise işbirliği yapma, birlikte oluşturma ve durmayan değişim olarak tanımlıyorlar. Böylece değişimin bir parçası olmayı, çağımızın diline çevirmek gerekirse, teknoloji okuryazarı olmayı ön plana çıkartıyorlar. Günümüz şartlarında öğrenme olgusunu, betimleyici bir tarzda anlatan bu çalışmanın, uzun süreli ve sistemli bir gözlemin ürünü olduğu ortada...
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Turkish efl learners' perceptions of native english-speaking teachers and non-native english-speaking teachers in higher education
(Children's Research Center, 2016-09-27) Karakaş, A.; Uysal, H.; Bilgin, Selçuk; Bulut, T.; Preparatory English Program; BİLGİN, Selçuk
The question of what makes a good teacher of English has aroused researchers' interest for many years, and the existing studies comparing NESTs (native English-speaking teachers) and NNESTs (non-native English-speaking teachers) have focused mostly on students' perceptions of these teachers. The current study aims to explore in the first phase if there is a meaningful difference between Turkish EFL learners' perceptions of NESTs and NNESTs on their first encounter with them. The second phase explores whether any changes have occurred in students' preconceptions regarding NESTs within the course of time. The participants are 120 Turkish monolinguals from a private university. Quantitative data was collected through questionnaires consisting of Likert-scale items in both phases. An interview session was added to the second phase to obtain more in-depth insights into students' perceptions. The findings showed that students had neutral perceptions of NESTs and NNESTs. However, in the second phase, the data analysed via qualitative content analysis demonstrated that students' perceptions were found to have positively changed for NESTs, particularly in terms of personality dimension. In both phases, students perceived NESTs in linguistic and professional dimensions, and NNESTs in pedagogical dimension rather positively.
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Turkish WordNet KeNet
(Global WordNet Association, 2021) Bakay, Ö.; Ergelen, Ö.; Sarmış, E.; Yıldırım, Selin; Kocabalcıoglu, A.; Arıcan, B. N.; Özçelik, M.; Sanıyar, E.; Kuyrukçu, O.; Avar, B.; Yıldız, Olcay Taner; Computer Science; YILDIZ, Olcay Taner
Currently, there are two available wordnets for Turkish: TR-wordnet of BalkaNet and KeNet. As the more comprehensive wordnet for Turkish, KeNet includes 76,757 synsets. KeNet has both intralingual semantic relations and is linked to PWN through interlingual relations. In this paper, we present the procedure adopted in creating KeNet, give details about our approach in annotating semantic relations such as hypernymy and discuss the language-specific problems encountered in these processes.
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Unveiling the mystery: investigating L2 reading motivation in an EFL classroom
(Middle East Technical University, 2012) Şirin, Petek; Sağlam, Aslı Lidice Göktürk; Preparatory English Program; GÖKTÜRK SAĞLAM, Aslı Lidice; Şirin, Petek; ŞİRİN, Petek
Research in L2 reading motivation has gained impetus and provided many insights into understanding the components of motivation and factors that affect L2 learners in terms of reading motivation. Although many studies can be found on L1 reading motivation, studies on L2 reading motivation seem to be relatively meager. Since action research encompasses a sequence of events and an approach to problem solving, the present study addressed to examine whether; (1) this sample of Turkish University students differ in terms of their intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation and (2) a change in methodology has an impact on the L2 reading motivation. Participants responded to a Motivation for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ) and took part in focus group interviews. Results revealed that L2 reading motivation was affected by extrinsic factors mostly and the changes in methodology and the instructional elements had a crucial effect on intrinsic and mostly extrinsic motivation, reading amount and performance. Results foreshadowed insightful methodological changes.
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Using wikis to promote collaborative EFL writing
(University Hawai, 2014-02) Aydın, Zeliha; Yıldız, S.; Preparatory English Program; AYDIN, Zeliha
This study focuses on the use of wikis in collaborative writing projects in foreign language learning classrooms. A total of 34 intermediate level university students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) were asked to accomplish three different wiki-based collaborative writing tasks, (argumentative, informative and decision-making) working in groups of four. Student wiki pages were then analyzed to investigate the role of task type in the number of self and peer-corrections as well as form-related and meaning-related changes. In addition, focus-group interviews and questionnaires were conducted to find out how students would describe their overall experience with the integration of a wiki-based collaborative writing project in their foreign language learning process. The results revealed that the argumentative task promoted more peer-corrections than the informative and decision-making tasks. In addition, the informative task yielded more self-corrections than the argumentative and decision-making tasks. Furthermore, the use of wiki-based collaborative writing tasks led to the accurate use of grammatical structures 94% of the time. The results of the study also suggest that students paid more attention to meaning rather than form regardless of the task type. Finally, students had positive experiences using wikis in foreign language writing, and they believed that their writing performance had improved.
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Yabancılara Türkçe öğretiminde teknoloji entegrasyonu
(Mehmet Kurudayıoğlu, 2018-07-14) Baş, B.; Yıldırım, Tuğba; Preparatory English Program; YILDIRIM, Tuğba
Dil öğretimi sürecine yönelik birçok eğitim ortamı, günümüzde dijital teknolojilerdeki yeniliklerle bütünleşme eğilimine girmiştir. Kevin Jarrett'in ifadeleriyle “T-E-C-H (teknoloji) olmadan T-E-A-C-H (öğretmek)’ten söz edemeyeceğimiz bir zamanın içindeyiz”. Bundan hareketle bu çalışmada, Türkçenin yabancı dil olarak öğretimi sürecinde oluşturulacak eğitim ortamlarına teknolojinin entegre edilebilme durumu değerlendirilmiştir. Durum çalışması yaklaşımına dayanan bu araştırma, Web 2.0 tabanlı teknolojilerin yabancılara Türkçe öğretimine dahil edilmesinin öğrencilerin motivasyon ve yaratıcılığını nasıl etkilediğini belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma grubu Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi TÖMER'de B1 düzeyinde Türkçe öğrenen 10 öğrenci ile oluşturulmuştur. Web 2.0 araçlarından Voki, Pixton ve Padlet ile 3 hafta içerisinde 6 ders saati sınıf içi ve 4 ders saati sınıf dışı uygulama yapılmıştır. Uygulamanın ardından öğrenciler ve dil öğreticileri ile motivasyon ve yaratıcılığa yönelik görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Kullanılan Web 2.0 araçlarının öğrencilerin motivasyonlarını geliştirdiği, yaratıcılıklarına katkı sağladığı, dil öğreticilerine esnek imkanlar sunduğu ancak bu araçların amaçlı ve ara ara kullanılmasının daha faydalı olacağı sonucuna varılmıştır.

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