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AZ ANGOL NYELV OKTATÁSA MŰVÉSZETI JELLEGŰ SZAKTANTÁRGYKÉNT

Author(s): Éva Hilda Székely / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 24/2013

Teaching English as a foreign language in a higher educational institution, the University of Arts in Târgu Mureş, must be adequate to the sphere of interests of the student-actors, puppeteers, directors, choreographers, impresarios. At this specialization students register with different for-eign language skills (beginner, intermediate, advanced), so we are speaking about subject and classroom teaching, and the educational standard is determinant. Teaching English requires more diversified didactics application the long-established manner of lecturing and approaching different fields of art is very important. This study presents applied didactics, opportunities to extend student`s specialized knowledge in compliance with educational standards and in confor-mity with fields of study.

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MUSIQUE ET MULTIMEDIA EN CLASSE DE FRANÇAIS LANGUE ETRANGERE

Author(s): Corina Georgescu / Language(s): French Issue: 24/2013

When talking about teaching, there are two expressions which are commonly used: teaching aids and teaching means, but they are quite different. However, nowadays, modern teaching resorts not only to teaching aids, but also to specialized spaces, such as the multi-media laboratories. The teacher may use these spaces in order to emphasize certain language skills such as listening; thus, we consider that music used in an appropriate way during foreign language classes and in multi-media labs should facilitate teaching and learning.

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Review of Teacher development for immersion and content-based instruction; Editors: Laurent Cammarata, T.J. Ó Ceallaigh; Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018; ISBN: 97890272074877; Pages: 201

Author(s): Katarzyna Papaja / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Searching for ways to expand the spectrum of methods of teaching and learning foreign languages triggers valuable initiatives and offers support for both students and teachers. Programs such as French immersion in Canada, content-based instruction (CBI), and content and language integrated learning (CLIL) have become popular across the world (Harrop, 2012), which is rapidly becoming a global village where the role of languages is crucial. In an integrated world, teaching content through language is viewed as a modern form of educational delivery; therefore, as the editors emphasize “teacher preparation and professional development endeavors are key drivers of successful I/B and CBI programs across a variety of models” (p. 3). Teacher Development for Immersion and Content-Based Instruction is a key contribution to the field, which offers valuable insights into the complexity of teacher preparation as well as further professional development in the case of immersion/bilingual contexts.

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The Relation Between Stereotyped Thoughts and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Related to a Foreign Language in a Higher Education Context

Author(s): Betül ÇİMENLİ,Eda Akdoğdu / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between undergraduate students’ stereotyped thoughts about foreign language and their perception of foreign language self-efficacy in terms of some variables. The study was conducted as correlational research method, one of the quantitative research methods. The sample of the study consists of undergraduate students studying at the Faculty of Education at a state university in Western Black Sea Region in Turkey during the academic year of 2018-2019. A total number of 352 participants were included into the study via simple random sampling method. As data collection tools, two five-point Likert-type " Stereotyped Thoughts about Foreign Languages Scale" and "English Self-Efficacy Scale" were used. As a result of the study, it was found out that participants' stereotyped thoughts about foreign language and their self-efficacy levels about English were at a medium level. In addition, it was found that there is a significant and positive relationship between stereotyped thoughts and self-efficacy of the participants, albeit at a low level. Researchers revealed that self-efficacy in L2 English significantly explained the variance in stereotyped thoughts about foreign language. Moreover, stereotypes about the foreign language significantly explain the variance in participants' English self-efficacy.

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Türkçenin Yabancı Dil Olarak Öğretimi Sertifika Programının Kursiyerlerin Gözünden Değerlendirilmesi

Author(s): Sevilay Bulut / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2020

The aim of this study is to evaluate the certification program which is designed to teach Turkish as a foreign language in terms of theory, practice, content and functionality based on the viewpoint of trainees. To achieve this, the opinions of the people who attended the teaching Turkish as foreign language certification program were applied and the related studies were examined. The participants consisted of 15 people who received Teaching Turkish as Foreign Language Certificate from the language teaching center, which was established as a unit of a state university. A 32-item questionnaire was administered to the participants, 2 of which were open-ended questions. The data obtained through the questionnaire were analyzed using traditional coding system (descriptive coding). Results; General Information about the Program, Theoretical Lessons and Application Lessons were evaluated in the context of the themes and subcategories of these themes.

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Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğretiminde Öğretmenlik Uygulaması Etkinliği: Örnek Olay Çalışması

Author(s): Zeliha Zühal Güven / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2020

This study aimed to investigate the views of the participants about a teaching practicum conducted in the scope of two-term compulsory undergraduate course, Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language, at the Linguistics Department of Necmettin Erbakan University. The practicum was carried out at the Centre for Turkish Language Teaching, Research and Application (KONDIL) to enable students to observe and experience how the theoretical knowledge they had in the previous courses was put into practice. Within the process, the students were asked to observe the classes and give a lesson in accordance with the syllabus prepared in advance. Case study was used as a method in the study, and the study group was composed of the Linguistics students and the teachers at KONDIL. The data collected using semi-structured forms in face to face and focus group interviews were thematically grouped and analysed through the content analysis method. It was concluded that the application of the theoretical TTFL undergraduate courses through various activities in language centres could contribute to the field, and it was recommended that domain-specific curriculums should be developed.

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Türkçe Öğrenen Arap Öğrencilerin Biçimbilgisel İstem Yanlışları: Fiiller Üzerine Bir Sıklık Çalışması

Author(s): Salih Kürşad Dolunay,Hüseyin Karabuğa,Ozan İpek / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2020

The aim of the study is to determine the frequency of verb valency driven errors in the writings of Arab students who learn Turkish as a foreign language. The study is designed to be a case study, which employs a qualitative research approach. The sample of the study consists of 750 Arab students at the level of A1-C1 studying at the Turkish Education Application and Research Center in two universities in the Black Sea Region and the Marmara Region in 2019-2020 academic year. The written final exams were screened and compiled as the data of the study. In the study, revealed 2408 verb valency driven errors regarding 358 different verbs across the exam papers of 750 students. The verbs with the most common verb valency driven errors were as follows; git- (f = 296; to go), sev- (f = 158; to love), gel- (f = 78; to come), başla- (f = 56; to start) and oku- (f = 47; to read). The research findings revealed that Arab students were not able to use the formal forms of Turkish verbs valency correctly and effectively in their written products and that they made various mistakes even in the basic verbal verbs valency. It is estimated that research findings will contribute to curriculum designers, course material developers, educators and researchers.

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Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğretiminde Dil İhtiyaçlarının Belirlenmesi: Belarus Örneği

Author(s): Funda Uzdu Yıldız,Alena RAMANENKAVA / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2020

The aim is to specify Turkish language needs of students and to determine wheather the needs of language learners vary according to faculty, sex, period of studying. Research data have been collected with the help of the scale used by Iwai in his book “Japanese Language Needs Analysis” (1998). The intented sample of students of Minsk State Linguistic University in 2019 was 56 students and the actual sample consisted of 49 learners of the intended sample. The data collected in the study have been analyzed with SPSS 24 program. Based on the results of data analysis, the language needs were divided into four subdimensions ― individual interests and needs, education and job opportunity, conduct of business, and communicating in the classroom. At the end of the investigation, the findings of the movement of Turkish as a foreign language teaching in Belarus nature presented some proposals on behalf of the increase.

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Factors Affecting Academics’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs for Oral Communication in a Foreign Language

Author(s): Ömer Özer,N. Bilge Uzun,Özler Çakır / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

The use of a foreign language in knowledge production and dissemination is crucially important to academics. Despite this, academics’ self-efficacy belief in their foreign-language oral production is under-researched with little data available for cross-cultural comparisons. This study therefore examined faculty members’ self-efficacy beliefs for foreign-language oral communication by several background variables. A correlational research method was employed: a diverse sample of faculty members completed an online or paper questionnaire assessing their self-efficacy in foreign-language oral communication. The results revealed no significant differences for the gender, age or work experience of the respondents. It was found that faculty members obtained significantly higher scores on the duration of their foreign-language study, previous experience in teaching in a foreign language, experience of living abroad and academic rank. On the whole, the results suggest that there is a significant association between formal and informal foreign-language experience and self-efficacy.

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The Parameters of Collaborative Dialogue: Interaction Patterns, Use of L1 and Language-Related Episodes

Author(s): Aydın Burak,Elif Aydın / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

This study investigated collaborative dialogue in terms of patterns of interaction, use of L1 and language-related episodes (LREs). These elements were analyzed as to different pairings and task complexity. To that end, two different levels of student pairs were sampled (high-high [H-L] & high-low [HL]) from the preparatory class of a foundation university. In addition, three different task types were used (word formation task, error correction task and composition task) in the study. The results showed that in both pairings (H-H & H-L) collaborative pattern was observed. As to L1 use, it was more prevalent in highlow (H-L) pairing and the composition task required more use of L1. Moreover, L1 metatalk was used more than its metacognitive function. In terms of LREs, H-L pair experienced more episodes and the composition task required more LREs than other tasks. The study suggests that collaborative pattern, irrespective of language levels of pairs, secures effective interaction and transfer of knowledge between learners. Also, it is suggested that L1 use and LREs can be mediating tools for these interactions.

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Ortaokul İngilizce Ders Kitaplarında Evrensel Değerlerin İncelenmesi

Author(s): Aslı Zeynep Aydın,Özge Can Aran / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2020

In this study, the level of emphasis on universal values in coursebooks of English course which prepares students for the global world was analyzed. Survey method was used in this study. Data were collected with document analysis. Secondary school English coursebooks were used as data source to investigate the including level of universal values. While collecting data, trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship values taking part in Six Pillars of Character universal value classification was used. In this study, “citizenship” value is handled more extensively and stated as “effective citizenship”. In data collection process, Coursebook Analysis Form developed based on the universal value classification was used. The data were analyzed with descriptive analysis method. It is determined that the level of universal values in secondary school English coursebooks is below 20%. For this reason, it was concluded that partaking level of universal values in the books is “inadequate”.

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Challenges in English for specific purposes: Economics students with speaking deficiencies

Author(s): Djamila Benchennane / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

This research work is to investigate the status of English for specific purposes (ESP) course with first-year Master students of Economics in their development of ESP speaking skills and to study the factors that hinder students’ success. Data were obtained through classroom observation. This research tool allowed to analyse students’ difficulties in the area of speaking.The results revealed that students need to be exposed more to speaking and since teachers of English are not ESP teachers,they need to collaborate more with subject specialists and proceed to needs analysis as far as the learners are concerned.Hence, some recommendations and tips are provided so as to boost the students’ learning process

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TELEVİZYON REKLAMLARININ YABANCI DİL OLARAK ALMANCA ÖĞRETİMİNDE YERİ VE ÖNEMİ

Author(s): Gülnaz Kurt / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 71/2020

In the present study, the role of TV advertisements, which are prepared by blending the cultural, social, and linguistic elements, in language education, how to transform them into course material, and the results obtained by using the transformed material in language education are discussed. For this purpose, a qualitative research pattern consisting of two steps was employed in the situation analysis. In the first step, the teacher candidates who have been theoretically informed were asked to prepare 5 exercises on the Toyota car advertisement to be used in language education. Among 140 exercises obtained from the experimental study, the similar ones were eliminated using the content analysis method, classified within the fundamental language skills, and 37 sample exercises were obtained. In the second step, the same advertisement was used in the course for 9th-grade secondary school students and the course was videotaped in order to objectively analyze the course. Watched twice in the class, the advertisement was discussed in German language and, in case of expressional deficiency problems, in Turkish language. Among the exercises addressing different skills and prepared by the teacher candidates, 10 exercises were first implemented individually first and then together with class. At the end of course, 5 structured questions prepared for the focus group discussion were conducted with students and their opinions were assessed by taking voice records. It was determined that the TV advertisements can be easily transformed into course materials, that they can be used at every level and in developing 4 fundamental language skills, that they increased the students’ motivation since they are fun and pleasant to use, that they successfully teach the speaking-body language and culture of the target language, and that they make it easier to teach the words. For these reasons, it was concluded that TV advertisements should be used in foreign language education gradually more widely.

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AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ ALMAN DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI MEZUNLARININ YDS HAKKINDAKİ GÖRÜŞ VE ÖNERİLERİ

Author(s): Gülnaz Kurt / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 78/2021

Finding a good job, making an academic career and advancing in a profession requires a high level of foreign language proficiency whose evidence is provided through proficiency exams. In Turkey’s case, proficiency exams in various languages are designed, administered and graded under the name of foreign language proficiency exam (YDS) by the Measuring, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM). It's one of the important exam which is broadly accepted in relation to the business life, academic carier and for language proficiency. For graduates of German Language and Literature departments, this exam is also highly crucial and can only be passed with great effort and hard work. This study aims to evaluate the graduates who failed in this exam, and who became successful in such a difficult situation. To this end, opinions and suggestions of 40 participants, who are graduates of Akdeniz University German Language and Litarature, about YDS were taken with the questionnaire and the complications encountered along passing the exam were tried to be determined in many aspects, the reason for failiure and thing to be done for success were investigated. Data were analyzed through employing the frequency analysis, means scores, the correlation analysis, Cramer’s V and discourse analysis. Results were presented and discussed in the findings section. In the last section, implications and suggestions for success in short time and easily in YDS were presented. Findings presented contain useful information in revising the curriculums and their contents. In addition, the study will ease and shed light on preparation process of German Language and Literature, German Teaching and German Translation and Interpretation students for YDS.

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DÜZENLEYEN GÖRÜŞLERİNDEN HAREKETLE YABANCILARA TÜRKÇE ÖĞRETİMİ SERTİFİKA PROGRAMLARININ İNCELENMESİ

Author(s): Mehmet Emre Çelik / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 70/2021

The number of students and learners is constantly rising on the area of both teaching Turkish language as a foreign language / second language and teaching to Turkish origin people Turkey Turkish language. The number of universities that organize certificate programs in the field of teaching Turkish to foreigners (TTF) is also increasing. This qualitative case study aims to examine various aspects of TTF (Teaching Turkish to Foreigners) certificate programmes from the angle of those organizing them. Eighteen programme organizers were selected at random from universities [across Turkey] that host at least one TTF certificate programme of their own. The participants were e-mailed an eleven-item semi-structured survey (developed by the researcher) to fill out – the answers from which were later kept in a record. All of the data was then analysed using descriptive statistics. Using the knowledge gained, we put forth various suggestions for pedagogy departments on how they can improve their TTF certification programmes at the end of the study.

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HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH MEDIUM INSTRUCTION AT UNIVERSITY? A CASE STUDY FROM TURKEY

Author(s): İbrahim Efe Efeoğlu,Ömür Kilinçarslan / Language(s): English Issue: 48/2020

In recent years, the rapid developments in science and technology, the widespread use of mass media, the increase in cultural and commercial relations have made the learning of foreign languages a necessity for communication among the nations of the world. The growth of EMI (English Medium Instruction) programs in Higher Education is evident all over the world. There are 100% EMI programs in an increasing number of higher education institutions in countries whose mother tongue is not English. There is a similar trend in Turkish Higher Education Institutions in terms of the importance given. However, starting education and training without providing the necessary infrastructure for universities to open EMI programs causes questioning of the quality in this field and the emergence of various problems. In this study, the efforts to become an international university by increasing the quality of EMI programs in a state university were examined with a case study pattern. Research data were obtained through focus group interviews, observations, and document reviews. The data were analysed using text analysis. Research findings were condensed into three themes, namely English Language Policy, Continuing Professional Development, The English Language Curriculum. The result of the study shows that any university in Turkey should firstly create the EMI policy in written form to reach the level of competition at the international level. In addition, the university should include this policy in its general strategy, prepare a curriculum for this purpose, and support its academic and administrative staff with continuous professional development.

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Reimagining Literature in the English Language Teaching Context in the Russian and Armenian Higher Education

Author(s): Mariana S. Sargsyan,Evgeniia V. Zimina / Language(s): English Issue: 35/2021

The paper aims to discuss the role of literature in teaching English as a foreign language. The interest in the topic is caused by the growing need to improve the content and approaches to teaching English as a foreign language at university departments that train teachers, linguists and philologists. The underlying argument is that the inclusion of literature in the language-teaching syllabus, the careful choice of the material and the appropriate means of its teaching may facilitate the assimilation of the language knowledge and enhance cultural knowledge. Further, the paper argues that the use of literature may be beneficial in terms of increasing the functional literacy of language learners. Translation and visualization are discussed as highly productive means of helping students fight the feeling of disorientation in text. To enhance the efficiency of the use of literature in class the authors offer a number of approaches to reading activities. The discussion and our observations can be helpful for all those specialists who face the dilemma of including literature in teaching English as a foreign language or are reconsidering their techniques of teaching literature by adapting it to the needs of learners.

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Students' opinion on the importance of different approaches in German language teaching from the aspect of digital media

Author(s): Mirela Müller,Silvija Ugrina / Language(s): English Issue: 35/2021

The research in this paper aims to determine different approaches in teaching German, the influence of digital tools and to determine the differences between first and second-year undergraduate students at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split and Osijek; to identify links between the impact of the teaching approach, and metalanguage awareness, and the final grade at the end of the semester or academic year; to determine the connection between the influence of different digital tools as auxiliary tools and easier mastering of student obligations, understanding, and finally to determine the connection between teachers and/or lecturers and mastering the German language during studies. The research was conducted on N = 106 students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split and Osijek. It was conducted during the summer semester of the academic year 2019/2020 in February. The results of the research will provide an overview of the importance of different approaches to teaching German, the importance of the type of metalanguage awareness, the importance of the influence of certain digital media, and the importance of the role of teachers/lecturers as factors influencing the learning and teaching of German as a foreign language. The scientific contribution of this paper is in understanding the new methodology of studying the German language. The research could be an example for the development of new educational paradigms in teacher education, and in particular, it can serve as an example for strengthening the impact of those approaches in language teaching at undergraduate and graduate level as well as more meaningful use of digital tools as e-mentors in order to improve the methodology of foreign languages in higher education institutions.

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English Language Learning in the Framework of Three Dimensional (3D) Approach: Linear?, Areal?, or Spherical?

Author(s): Kenan Kapukaya / Language(s): English Issue: 11/2020

Learning a foreign language has become a necessity in today’s globalizing world. Learners are guided through mainly staged (e.g. basic, elementary, pre-intermediate, etc.) language programs using learning materials with certain time allocations. In this system, all levels usually have almost the same amount of time for the learners to master. This study tries to find answers to some controversial questions such as “How long does it take to learn a foreign language?” and “Does each level of a language require the same amount of time?”. Since English is the most common foreign language that is being learned today, the study takes English learning as contextual sample. The concepts “linear”, “areal” and ”spherical” are suggested to discuss the myth of time allocations. As opposed to the idea of one dimensional learning of a foreign language, three dimensional (3D) language learning is proposed.

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The Importance of Foreign Languages for Engineers

Author(s): Bülent ÇİFTPINAR / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2020

Today’s globalising world in which we are all somehow in a rush is moving so rapidly makes us overexert to be faster than anyone, because being simply fast is inadequate to integrate success into our lives. Information has turned into an open source instrument and that is why everyone should equip themselves with as many as foreign languages for easier access to the global data bank. There are many students, particularly in the science and math intensive departments, unaware of the unavoidable requirement to know at least one foreign language for autonomous learning in the developing sectoral structure they do strive for attaining their places. This study has been basically intended to reveal our unsystematic approach to learning foreign languages in Turkey and to ascertain by a survey whether the engineering students realise the importance of knowing a foreign language in order to advance more easily in their career.

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