The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review, 2009
Currently, there is a great application of technology-based learning in education, which is a rap... more Currently, there is a great application of technology-based learning in education, which is a rapidly growing phenomenon. In these days, students live in a mediarich environment and interact with a wide range of electronic devices both inside and outside their schools and houses. In technology enhanced language learning, there are various tools to improve the collaboration and communication. Animoto is one of the web-based tools in the entire world of Web 2.0, which is designed with a constructivist approach encouraging students to navigate, create, and construct their knowledge. It offers an interactive environment that allows students to design learning, to be creative by constructing their own learning experiences. As constructivist theory focuses on making connections and making meaning in the learning process, it enables students, teachers and all researchers to take advantages of the web-based developments. Students can each have their own accounts to make full-length videos while in class and at home, they can also download their videos. This makes both in-class and homework assignments easier to do even though an internet connection is not available. Language learners can create unlimited videos for themselves and also share them with their friends, which is the most significant feature of Animoto. They can post videos wherever they want or download them for in-class presentations. It is also a free program that mixes students&rsquo; images and music together to create music videos. It opens up a whole new world of possibilities for use in your classrooms to make education more effective.Keywords:Animoto, Listening Comprehension, Peer-to-peer Sharing&nbsp;&nbsp;</p
i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching, 2017
Technology has always been a part of teaching process and being able to teach with technology req... more Technology has always been a part of teaching process and being able to teach with technology requires an understanding of how technology, pedagogy, and content interact to support student learning. Recently, studies on developing TPACK skills of teachers have been emerged; however, studies on TPACK in pre-service education on a specific domain, more specifically English Language Teaching, are limited and none of the existing studies have attempted to compare pre-service teachers' TPACK in different countries or contexts. Therefore, this study compares pre-service English language teachers' TPACK in two countries, Turkey and Denmark, at two Teacher Education Institutions' (TEI) contexts. Through a mixed-method design, results of the study indicated the differences not only in definition of technology, but also in technology applications and teaching processes. Based on these findings, suggestions for teacher education and future research were made.
Many teacher education institutes (TEI) are expected to provide preservice teachers (PTs) with th... more Many teacher education institutes (TEI) are expected to provide preservice teachers (PTs) with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to teach with information and communication technology (ICT). To address this challenge, many TEIs have included introductory ICT courses in their curriculum to develop technological knowledge and skills. Although several existing studies have focused on detecting whether a course or a short-term training program can make an improvement on PTs' TPACK, none of the existing studies have attempted to investigate in a longitudinal process whether PTs' perceived development of TPACK skills follow an increasing linear pattern through years as planned in four-year-long teacher education programs, especially in ELT. This study therefore intends to address this gap in the literature. Based on TPACK survey with open-ended questions, results of the study indicated a nonlinear pattern of TPACK development over time. In line with these findings, suggestions for teacher educators, policy-makers, and future research were made.
Online computer games show potential not just for engaging and entertaining users, but also in pr... more Online computer games show potential not just for engaging and entertaining users, but also in promoting learning. Especially in Turkey children spend long hours playing computer games, which are mostly in English, in internet cafés. This qualitative research based on phenomenological theoretical framework investigates young learners' experiences of language learning while playing computer games in internet cafes. The data was collected through observations and semi-structured interviews and analyzed through phenomenological data analysis steps. Implications put light into integrating computer games to ELT curriculum.
Adiyaman University Journal of Social Sciences, 2013
Bu çalışma, mobil teknolojisinin bir parçası olan SMS'in İngilizce kelime öğrenimindeki yerini ar... more Bu çalışma, mobil teknolojisinin bir parçası olan SMS'in İngilizce kelime öğrenimindeki yerini araştırmaktadır. Türkiye'de yapılan bu çalışma bir devlet üniversitesindeki gelir seviyesi düşük 60 öğrenci ile bir hafta boyunca yürütüldü. Her biri İngiliz Dili Eğitimi Hazırlık programına devam eden 30 öğrenciyi kapsayan kontrol ve deney grupları oluşturuldu. Kontrol grubunun klasik yöntemlerle yeni kelimeler öğrenmesi beklenirken, deney grubuna yeni kelimeler kısa SMS'lerle gönderildi. Nicel ve nitel olarak yapılan verilerin analizi, deney grubunda anlamlı bir fark olduğunu göstermektedir. Bulgular, SMS'in sayısal vatandaş olarak adlandırılan öğrencilere kelime öğreniminde motivasyon sağladığı, itme etkisi (push) ile düzenli çalışmaya teşvik ettiği ve İngilizce kelime öğretiminde kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.
Gmail enhances language teaching and learning adding a new dimension to e-mail technology. With G... more Gmail enhances language teaching and learning adding a new dimension to e-mail technology. With Gmail, students can see messages in context. If there was a reply to a message sent or received, Gmail will automatically display it in chronological order with ...
Computer games show potential not just in engaging and entertaining users, but also in promoting ... more Computer games show potential not just in engaging and entertaining users, but also in promoting learning. Especially in Turkey, children spend long hours in Internet cafés playing computer games, which are mostly in English. This qualitative research based on a phenomenological theoretical framework investigates students' experiences of language learning while playing computer games in Internet cafes. The data was collected through observations and semistructured interviews and analyzed through phenomenological data analysis. The findings point to the importance of integrating computer games into ELT curriculum.
For language learners, pragmatic competence is important to communicate appropriately with native... more For language learners, pragmatic competence is important to communicate appropriately with native speakers. Acquiring pragmatic competence takes longer time for language learners. In that sense, this present study compares Korean ESL learners' apologies to native speakers of English. Data collected through Written Discourse Completion Tests applied to 22 Korean ESL learners and 54 American students. The data was coded based on the speech act sets for apologies. Then the data analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively focusing on age, gender, English language proficiency level and cultural variables. The findings indicate that for Korean language learners time spent in the US and English language learning are significant in terms of using apologies more in line with native behavior. Use of intensifiers changes according to gender-females tend to use more-and cultural background and language proficiency level-Americans tend to use more compared to Koreans. Implications for ELT have been discussed throughout the paper.
This qualitative study describes the meaning making process of English language learners with dif... more This qualitative study describes the meaning making process of English language learners with different cultural backgrounds during reading and writing activities based on a social constructionism theoretical framework. The data were collected through participant observations, ...
Proceedings of World Conference on Educational …, 2009
Abstract: A wiki is a website that can be edited from anywhere on the Internet, that keeps track ... more Abstract: A wiki is a website that can be edited from anywhere on the Internet, that keeps track of changes so one can revert to a previous version, and that allows for easy link making. With social constructionist theoretical background, this present research illustrates a sample ...
Problem Statement: Providing a story in two languages, digital dual-language storybooks can play ... more Problem Statement: Providing a story in two languages, digital dual-language storybooks can play an important role in supporting EFL students. cultural awareness, language and literacy skills. Based on constructivist theoretical framework, this study investigates the impact of digital dual-language storybooks on bilingual learners. vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension skills. Methods: The participants of the study were ten seventh and eighth grade students who were bilingual in Arabic and Turkish, studying English at an elementary level as a compulsory course at a primary school in Turkey. In order to determine the impact of digital dual-language storybooks, the students read two different digital dual-language storybooks individually at different times. Through the process, think aloud procedures, observations and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Transcriptions of observations and interviews were analyzed through discourse analysis. Findings and Results: The res...
Mersin Universitesi Egitim Fakultesi Dergisi, Mar 1, 2013
This study investigated whether receiving cognitive and metacognitive reading strategy training e... more This study investigated whether receiving cognitive and metacognitive reading strategy training explicitly would make a difference in the University preparatory class students' reading comprehension. From the instructors' aspect, the instructors' views about and approaches to teaching reading strategies were investigated and compared to each other. 83 students and 4 instructors participated to the mix-method study. Following the Solomon-four-group design the participants were divided into 2 research and 2 comparison groups. Data collection methods were pre-post reading comprehension test, CRSUS, MRSUS, TRSUS, selfevaluation checklists, interviews and classroom observations. The results of the study show that there is no significant difference in the reading comprehension of the comparison and research groups at the end of the term. For the instructors, the results indicate that the research group instructors had tendency to use more reading strategies. The paper concluded with implications and suggestions for the future research.
Research on language teaching has focused intensely on how learners can become more active and re... more Research on language teaching has focused intensely on how learners can become more active and responsible for their own and peers’ learning. This qualitative study with social constructionist theoretical framework investigates how learners express their voice both in a curriculum and an assessment process of a listening and pronunciation course within a large class size. Also, how the learners’ perspectives towards the course has changed is explained emphasizing the shift from teacher-centered to learner-centeredness via learners’ teaching and assessing their peers, consequently, constructing a teacher schema they would like to be in the future.
Page 1. ULUSLARARASI AVRASYA SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ Yıl:1, Sayı:1 ARALIK 2010 COMPARISION OF KOR... more Page 1. ULUSLARARASI AVRASYA SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ Yıl:1, Sayı:1 ARALIK 2010 COMPARISION OF KOREAN ESL LEARNERS&amp;amp;#x27; WITH NATIVE SPEAKERS&amp;amp;#x27; APOLOGIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHERS Yıldız TURGUT ...
The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review, 2009
Currently, there is a great application of technology-based learning in education, which is a rap... more Currently, there is a great application of technology-based learning in education, which is a rapidly growing phenomenon. In these days, students live in a mediarich environment and interact with a wide range of electronic devices both inside and outside their schools and houses. In technology enhanced language learning, there are various tools to improve the collaboration and communication. Animoto is one of the web-based tools in the entire world of Web 2.0, which is designed with a constructivist approach encouraging students to navigate, create, and construct their knowledge. It offers an interactive environment that allows students to design learning, to be creative by constructing their own learning experiences. As constructivist theory focuses on making connections and making meaning in the learning process, it enables students, teachers and all researchers to take advantages of the web-based developments. Students can each have their own accounts to make full-length videos while in class and at home, they can also download their videos. This makes both in-class and homework assignments easier to do even though an internet connection is not available. Language learners can create unlimited videos for themselves and also share them with their friends, which is the most significant feature of Animoto. They can post videos wherever they want or download them for in-class presentations. It is also a free program that mixes students&rsquo; images and music together to create music videos. It opens up a whole new world of possibilities for use in your classrooms to make education more effective.Keywords:Animoto, Listening Comprehension, Peer-to-peer Sharing&nbsp;&nbsp;</p
i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching, 2017
Technology has always been a part of teaching process and being able to teach with technology req... more Technology has always been a part of teaching process and being able to teach with technology requires an understanding of how technology, pedagogy, and content interact to support student learning. Recently, studies on developing TPACK skills of teachers have been emerged; however, studies on TPACK in pre-service education on a specific domain, more specifically English Language Teaching, are limited and none of the existing studies have attempted to compare pre-service teachers' TPACK in different countries or contexts. Therefore, this study compares pre-service English language teachers' TPACK in two countries, Turkey and Denmark, at two Teacher Education Institutions' (TEI) contexts. Through a mixed-method design, results of the study indicated the differences not only in definition of technology, but also in technology applications and teaching processes. Based on these findings, suggestions for teacher education and future research were made.
Many teacher education institutes (TEI) are expected to provide preservice teachers (PTs) with th... more Many teacher education institutes (TEI) are expected to provide preservice teachers (PTs) with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to teach with information and communication technology (ICT). To address this challenge, many TEIs have included introductory ICT courses in their curriculum to develop technological knowledge and skills. Although several existing studies have focused on detecting whether a course or a short-term training program can make an improvement on PTs' TPACK, none of the existing studies have attempted to investigate in a longitudinal process whether PTs' perceived development of TPACK skills follow an increasing linear pattern through years as planned in four-year-long teacher education programs, especially in ELT. This study therefore intends to address this gap in the literature. Based on TPACK survey with open-ended questions, results of the study indicated a nonlinear pattern of TPACK development over time. In line with these findings, suggestions for teacher educators, policy-makers, and future research were made.
Online computer games show potential not just for engaging and entertaining users, but also in pr... more Online computer games show potential not just for engaging and entertaining users, but also in promoting learning. Especially in Turkey children spend long hours playing computer games, which are mostly in English, in internet cafés. This qualitative research based on phenomenological theoretical framework investigates young learners' experiences of language learning while playing computer games in internet cafes. The data was collected through observations and semi-structured interviews and analyzed through phenomenological data analysis steps. Implications put light into integrating computer games to ELT curriculum.
Adiyaman University Journal of Social Sciences, 2013
Bu çalışma, mobil teknolojisinin bir parçası olan SMS'in İngilizce kelime öğrenimindeki yerini ar... more Bu çalışma, mobil teknolojisinin bir parçası olan SMS'in İngilizce kelime öğrenimindeki yerini araştırmaktadır. Türkiye'de yapılan bu çalışma bir devlet üniversitesindeki gelir seviyesi düşük 60 öğrenci ile bir hafta boyunca yürütüldü. Her biri İngiliz Dili Eğitimi Hazırlık programına devam eden 30 öğrenciyi kapsayan kontrol ve deney grupları oluşturuldu. Kontrol grubunun klasik yöntemlerle yeni kelimeler öğrenmesi beklenirken, deney grubuna yeni kelimeler kısa SMS'lerle gönderildi. Nicel ve nitel olarak yapılan verilerin analizi, deney grubunda anlamlı bir fark olduğunu göstermektedir. Bulgular, SMS'in sayısal vatandaş olarak adlandırılan öğrencilere kelime öğreniminde motivasyon sağladığı, itme etkisi (push) ile düzenli çalışmaya teşvik ettiği ve İngilizce kelime öğretiminde kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.
Gmail enhances language teaching and learning adding a new dimension to e-mail technology. With G... more Gmail enhances language teaching and learning adding a new dimension to e-mail technology. With Gmail, students can see messages in context. If there was a reply to a message sent or received, Gmail will automatically display it in chronological order with ...
Computer games show potential not just in engaging and entertaining users, but also in promoting ... more Computer games show potential not just in engaging and entertaining users, but also in promoting learning. Especially in Turkey, children spend long hours in Internet cafés playing computer games, which are mostly in English. This qualitative research based on a phenomenological theoretical framework investigates students' experiences of language learning while playing computer games in Internet cafes. The data was collected through observations and semistructured interviews and analyzed through phenomenological data analysis. The findings point to the importance of integrating computer games into ELT curriculum.
For language learners, pragmatic competence is important to communicate appropriately with native... more For language learners, pragmatic competence is important to communicate appropriately with native speakers. Acquiring pragmatic competence takes longer time for language learners. In that sense, this present study compares Korean ESL learners' apologies to native speakers of English. Data collected through Written Discourse Completion Tests applied to 22 Korean ESL learners and 54 American students. The data was coded based on the speech act sets for apologies. Then the data analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively focusing on age, gender, English language proficiency level and cultural variables. The findings indicate that for Korean language learners time spent in the US and English language learning are significant in terms of using apologies more in line with native behavior. Use of intensifiers changes according to gender-females tend to use more-and cultural background and language proficiency level-Americans tend to use more compared to Koreans. Implications for ELT have been discussed throughout the paper.
This qualitative study describes the meaning making process of English language learners with dif... more This qualitative study describes the meaning making process of English language learners with different cultural backgrounds during reading and writing activities based on a social constructionism theoretical framework. The data were collected through participant observations, ...
Proceedings of World Conference on Educational …, 2009
Abstract: A wiki is a website that can be edited from anywhere on the Internet, that keeps track ... more Abstract: A wiki is a website that can be edited from anywhere on the Internet, that keeps track of changes so one can revert to a previous version, and that allows for easy link making. With social constructionist theoretical background, this present research illustrates a sample ...
Problem Statement: Providing a story in two languages, digital dual-language storybooks can play ... more Problem Statement: Providing a story in two languages, digital dual-language storybooks can play an important role in supporting EFL students. cultural awareness, language and literacy skills. Based on constructivist theoretical framework, this study investigates the impact of digital dual-language storybooks on bilingual learners. vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension skills. Methods: The participants of the study were ten seventh and eighth grade students who were bilingual in Arabic and Turkish, studying English at an elementary level as a compulsory course at a primary school in Turkey. In order to determine the impact of digital dual-language storybooks, the students read two different digital dual-language storybooks individually at different times. Through the process, think aloud procedures, observations and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Transcriptions of observations and interviews were analyzed through discourse analysis. Findings and Results: The res...
Mersin Universitesi Egitim Fakultesi Dergisi, Mar 1, 2013
This study investigated whether receiving cognitive and metacognitive reading strategy training e... more This study investigated whether receiving cognitive and metacognitive reading strategy training explicitly would make a difference in the University preparatory class students' reading comprehension. From the instructors' aspect, the instructors' views about and approaches to teaching reading strategies were investigated and compared to each other. 83 students and 4 instructors participated to the mix-method study. Following the Solomon-four-group design the participants were divided into 2 research and 2 comparison groups. Data collection methods were pre-post reading comprehension test, CRSUS, MRSUS, TRSUS, selfevaluation checklists, interviews and classroom observations. The results of the study show that there is no significant difference in the reading comprehension of the comparison and research groups at the end of the term. For the instructors, the results indicate that the research group instructors had tendency to use more reading strategies. The paper concluded with implications and suggestions for the future research.
Research on language teaching has focused intensely on how learners can become more active and re... more Research on language teaching has focused intensely on how learners can become more active and responsible for their own and peers’ learning. This qualitative study with social constructionist theoretical framework investigates how learners express their voice both in a curriculum and an assessment process of a listening and pronunciation course within a large class size. Also, how the learners’ perspectives towards the course has changed is explained emphasizing the shift from teacher-centered to learner-centeredness via learners’ teaching and assessing their peers, consequently, constructing a teacher schema they would like to be in the future.
Page 1. ULUSLARARASI AVRASYA SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ Yıl:1, Sayı:1 ARALIK 2010 COMPARISION OF KOR... more Page 1. ULUSLARARASI AVRASYA SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ Yıl:1, Sayı:1 ARALIK 2010 COMPARISION OF KOREAN ESL LEARNERS&amp;amp;#x27; WITH NATIVE SPEAKERS&amp;amp;#x27; APOLOGIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHERS Yıldız TURGUT ...
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