Papers by Nilgun Hancioglu Eldridge
TechTrends, 2016
The use of online social networking sites for educational purposes or expanding curricular opport... more The use of online social networking sites for educational purposes or expanding curricular opportunities has recently sparked debates in scholarly forums. This potential, however, has yet to attract sufficient attention in second language classes, and particularly in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. The current study explores the affordances of Facebook to help both improve EFL students' vocabulary knowledge and develop their vocabulary strategy learning in a blended learning course. To this end, a Facebook page was created to engage an intact class of first-year undergraduates (N = 25) majoring in English in a package of vocabulary learning strategies. The analysis of the data from Facebook content (i.e., the posts and comments shared throughout a semester) and a student focus group discussion revealed that students benefited from participating in different activities to improve their knowledge of English vocabulary and develop their awareness of various vocabulary learning strategies. The results, however, raised several concerns about the integration of Facebook into traditional pedagogy as a formal platform for language teaching and learning.
Derya Oktay, Dizem Arifler, and Bahar Taneri, as well as all the associate editors and editorial ... more Derya Oktay, Dizem Arifler, and Bahar Taneri, as well as all the associate editors and editorial assistants, without whose hard work, effort, and time, the EMU Research Newsletter would not have developed to this professional level. Special thanks go to Fatih Parlak, who has continued to help us with the photography although he is no longer a member of the editorial team. I should also thank all the faculty members and students who have contributed to the newsletter since 2005. Their contributions mean a lot. In line with the mission of the Research Advisory Board, the aim of the Research Newsletter is to promote and advance the research culture at EMU. With this aim in mind, we hope to keep you informed about the research activities EMU faculty members and students are involved in, hopefully enhance new research collaborations, and acknowledge and appreciate the abundance of research carried out at our university. Needless to say, the fulfillment of these aims relies on your invaluable contributions. In this first issue, two new sections are introduced to the Research Newsletter. The first of these is a feature where we interview a graduate student and the supervisor simultaneously. With this new feature, we hope to bring together the perspectives of the two main research stakeholders. The second addition is a section entitled 'Upcoming conferences in North Cyprus'. Through this section, we intend to keep EMU researchers informed about upcoming conferences at
Derya Oktay, Dizem Arifler, and Bahar Taneri, as well as all the associate editors and editorial ... more Derya Oktay, Dizem Arifler, and Bahar Taneri, as well as all the associate editors and editorial assistants, without whose hard work, effort, and time, the EMU Research Newsletter would not have developed to this professional level. Special thanks go to Fatih Parlak, who has continued to help us with the photography although he is no longer a member of the editorial team. I should also thank all the faculty members and students who have contributed to the newsletter since 2005. Their contributions mean a lot. In line with the mission of the Research Advisory Board, the aim of the Research Newsletter is to promote and advance the research culture at EMU. With this aim in mind, we hope to keep you informed about the research activities EMU faculty members and students are involved in, hopefully enhance new research collaborations, and acknowledge and appreciate the abundance of research carried out at our university. Needless to say, the fulfillment of these aims relies on your invaluable contributions. In this first issue, two new sections are introduced to the Research Newsletter. The first of these is a feature where we interview a graduate student and the supervisor simultaneously. With this new feature, we hope to bring together the perspectives of the two main research stakeholders. The second addition is a section entitled 'Upcoming conferences in North Cyprus'. Through this section, we intend to keep EMU researchers informed about upcoming conferences at
The use of online social networking sites for educational purposes or expanding curricular opport... more The use of online social networking sites for educational purposes or expanding curricular opportunities has recently sparked debates in scholarly forums. This potential, however, has yet to attract sufficient attention in second language classes, and particularly in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. The current study explores the affordances of Facebook to help both improve EFL students’ vocabulary knowledge and develop their vocabulary strategy learning in a blended learning course. To this end, a Facebook page was created to engage an intact class of first-year undergraduates (N = 25) majoring in English in a package of vocabulary learning strategies. The analysis of the data from Facebook content (i.e., the posts and comments shared throughout a semester) and a student focus group discussion revealed that students benefited from participating in different activities to improve their knowledge of English vocabulary and develop their awareness of various vocabulary learning strategies. The results, however, raised several concerns about the integration of Facebook into traditional pedagogy as a formal platform for language teaching and learning.
Fuel and Energy Abstracts
This article examines a recent example of published research on the vocabulary profile of a finan... more This article examines a recent example of published research on the vocabulary profile of a financial corpus based on the Academic Word List (AWL) to illustrate not only the erroneous output from vocabulary profiling tools but also the pitfalls of using the AWL as a filter for academic lexis.
Elt Journal, 2007
... His current interests include semantic frequency, teacher autonomy, and the discourse of mana... more ... His current interests include semantic frequency, teacher autonomy, and the discourse of management. Email: nilgun.hancioglu{at}emu.edu.tr; Email: john.eldridge{at}emu. edu.tr. Next Section. Abstract. Written texts play a major ...
English for Specific Purposes, 2008
... In other words, in addition to disciplinary variation, practitioners will equally need to con... more ... In other words, in addition to disciplinary variation, practitioners will equally need to contemplate learner and learning variation. ... 6. Research aims. The research studies described in this paper employ a “corpus-informed approach” (McCarthy, 2001). ...
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Papers by Nilgun Hancioglu Eldridge