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A Difficulty Analysis of Cleft Sentences
No full textThis empirical study was investigated to define how difficult the clefts sentences for the EFL freshman students and to describe the difficulty levels of types of cleft sentences. The study examined to what extend instruction on cleft sentences clarified the EFL freshman students’ confusion in cleft structures. The data administrated by 61 freshman students at the Department of English Language Literature (ELL) in a state university in Turkey was collected through the pre-test and post-test design. The results revealed that participants showed a significant improvement in understanding the cleft structures. In addition, there are significant differences among students’ level of recognition for each type of cleft structure and the most confusing cleft types for the EFL students are it-clefts, if-because cleft and all-cleft
An Investigation of Intercultural Miscommunication Experiences
No full textCommunication, which has always been one of the basic elements of life, is becoming more and more intercultural in today’s world. People are not only transferring goods and technology among nations; they are also transferring their thoughts, ideas, and cultures. As this flow of communication among nations becomes common, intercultural communication problems, which can be called intercultural miscommunication, is becoming common as well. This paper investigates possible reasons for miscommunication among people from different cultures. Twenty-two participants from different nationalities took part in the study, and shared their intercultural miscommunication experiences. The researchers analyzed these miscommunication experiences by classifying them according to the categories suggested in the literature and the categories the researchers themselves suggested. The participants’ feelings and thought about their miscommunication experiences were also investigated. This study showed that there are many causes and factors that can lead to intercultural miscommunication. Thus, effort, desire and patience is needed a lot to get better mutual understanding and learn more about cultural differences so that we can increase cross-cultural awareness
An Analysis of Recognition of Extended Compound Sentences
No full textThe aim of this research study was to clarify whether recognizing extended compound sentences is a problem for first grade ELT students of Dicle University. This study also investigated the effect of remedial teaching on students’ recognition of extended compound sentences and gender differences in terms of the recognition of extended compound sentences. The participants were 35 first grade ELT students of Dicle University. A pre-test of 30 questions was answered by the participants and the same test was answered as the post-test after 2-weeks of remedial teaching
The Effect of Practicum on the Discipline Orientations of Pre-Service Teachers
No full textThis study aimed to examine the classroom discipline perceptions of pre-service language teachers both before and after the student teaching experience. Before going to their practice schools and immediately after completing their full-time student teaching experience, pre-service teachers (N = 104) from three state universities in Turkey completed a discipline belief questionnaire identifying their preferred model of classroom discipline. The results indicated that although the student teaching experience in practice schools increased beginning teachers’ preferences from a humanistic discipline model to a more assertive discipline model, this increase is not significant. These results show that the student teaching experience does not create a difference in previous perceptions and beliefs of pre-service teachers. The results of the study also suggest that student teachers’ preconceptions regarding the profession will not change despite the practical experience gained during practicum
Opinions of Students and Teachers on Using Different Foreign Language Teaching Activities in Young Learners’ Classrooms in Turkey
No full textThe study was conducted to find out what kindergarten students and their teachers think about using different foreign language teaching activities in young learners’ classrooms in Turkey. It also examines which activities (songs, games, drawing) are favored most by the students and what kind of interaction patterns (individual, pair, and group) the students and teachers of young learners favor most. The study compares pre-school and primary school students’ and teachers’ opinions of the activity types. 52 kindergarten students, 31 primary school students and 10 teachers of young learners participated in this study. The students were interviewed one by one and the teachers were asked to answer a questionnaire including 12 statements. According to the results, both the teachers and the students agree with using different foreign language teaching activities in young learners’ classrooms. Students like games most, then drawing and lastly songs. It was also found that there is a difference in the opinions of pre-school and primary school students on the activity types. As for the opinions of the teachers, there is no significant difference between the opinions of pre-school and primary school teachers concerning the activity types. Lastly, the results indicated that both teachers and students prefer pair and group work activities to individual activities.
Portfolio Assessment Through Cooperation Between Teachers and Students in English Lessons
No full textPortfolio assessment has gained much importance lately and there are many types of portfolios used in English Language Teaching and Learning. This study was carried out in a private school and it illustrates the types of portfolios which are used by learners, learners’ attitudes toward using the portfolio, the relationship between portfolio and learners’ self-confidence, and the skills that the learners use while preparing their portfolio