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Foreign Language Learners' Beliefs About Language Learning: A Study On Turkish University Students
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2009)The present study addresses the differences and similarities among English, German, and French language groups' beliefs about language learning. The participant students (n=343) completed Beliefs About Language Learning ... -
Investigating the Experiences of Male Student English Teachers in a Traditional Non-Gender Profession
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2009)The research for this paper aims to investigate the viewpoints and career plans of male student teachers of English entering a gender non-traditional field in a university in Turkey. The study has found that the driving ... -
An Analysis of The Problem-Causing Elements of Intonation for Turkish Teachers of English
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2009)Intonation is the most difficult area of foreign language learning; therefore, the elements of intonation must be specified first and then properly taught. The term intonation is a very fishy concept because its definition ... -
A Model to Rehabilitate a Fossilized Pronunciation Error of Turkish English Language Teachers: The Nasal Devoicing of /ŋ/ as /ŋk/
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2009)The Nonnative learners sharing the same L1 naturally converge toward L2 pronunciation heavily by the intrusion of L1, creating the fossilized articulation errors. It must be noted that fossilized pronunciation errors of ... -
Prospective English Language Teachers' Views on Computer and Paper-Based Instructional Materials in Developing Language Components
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The aim of this study was to find prospective English language teachers' opinions on computer-based materials in comparison to paper-based materials in relation to some variables such as their self-perceived knowledge of ... -
The Specification Of The Difficulties In The Perception And Articulation Of The English Schwa Phoneme By Turkish English Teachers And Students
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The term schwa, comes from Hebrew, where it means 'emptiness' and designates a Hebrew vowel of the same quality (Skander and Burleigh, 2005: 37). The schwa sound, whose symbol is [e] in the IPA system, does not exist in ... -
The Causes of the Schwa Phoneme as a Fossilized Pronunciation Problem for Turks
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The articulation of the schwa phoneme, symbolized by the [e] in the IPA system, of the English language, is a serious pronunciation problem for Turkish English teachers, teacher trainees and the students of other fields ... -
Teaching Problematic Consonants in English to Young Learners
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The purpose of this study is to improve pronunciation of Turkish young learners at Jale Tezer College. It aims to show that English pronunciation can be taught and improved by using various songs and games. The research ... -
Teaching is a Female Profession in the Eyes of a Beholder or is it?
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The study examines whether there is a changing trend in reactions of families and society towards male teacher candidates, as economic tendencies have changed drastically in Turkey. Nineteen male and three female student ... -
Metaphorical Conceptualizations Of Arab Learners Of Turkish
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2011)Metaphor analysis is considered to be a fruitful line of inquiry deserving more attention and application in foreign language instruction. However, the research examining linguistic metaphors used by foreign language ... -
Prospective English Language Teachers' Views On Literature In Their Teacher Education Curriculum And Its Potential Value
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2011)Foreign language teachers use literary texts in their classrooms for their potential practical uses among which the existence of their enriched lexis is the leading one. Still, much research is needed to map and develop ... -
An Analysis of The Legibility of Cursive Handwriting of Prospective Primary School Teachers
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)The purpose of this study is to analyze the cursive handwriting of prospective primary school teachers from the perspective of legibility. The study is a descriptive one with its aim to portray the existing state of affairs, ... -
The Recognition Difficulty Of Extended Compound Sentences For Turkish First Year English Language Education Students
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Turkish First Year English Language Education students have serious problems in recognition and production of extended compound sentences, which carry extra phrases. Therefore, they cannot write extended compound sentences ... -
Sentence Stress and Learning Difficulties of Elt Teachers: A Case Study
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)When learners are acquiring another language, they face a number of problems as every language is unique and it carries its particular aspects. Learning how to speak a new language is more than just learning words and ... -
Demonstration Of Problems Of Lexical Stress On The Pronunciation Turkish English Teachers And Teacher Trainees By Computer
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Stress is an important intonational and prosodic feature both in North American English (NAE) and Brtish English (BrE.); therefore, lexical stress placement of the speaker and its perception as lexical stress detection ... -
Which /R/ Are You Using As An English Teacher? Rhotic Or Non-Rhotic?
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)There are many obvious differences between North American English (NAE) and British English (BrE) /r/ phoneme, and a great majority of Turkish English teachers do not know which variant of the /r/ they are using. It must ... -
A Study Of Academic Achievement Among Turkish Elt Students
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)The present study investigated the Academic Achievement of Turkish ELT students using a sample of 400 freshman students from state universities in Ankara, Turkey. The data for the study were collected through a questionnaire ... -
Intra-Sentential and Inter-Sentential Code-Switching in Turkish-English Bilinguals in New York City, U.S
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)This study explores patterns of intra-sentential and inter-sentential code-switching (CS) that are manifest in the speech of Turkish-English bilinguals in New York City, U.S. and investigates the influence of language ... -
Improving Reading Skills Through Effective Reading Strategies
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)Researchers have found that teaching reading strategies is a key element in developing student comprehension. However, many teachers lack a solid foundation for teaching these reading comprehension strategies. Therefore, ... -
The Recognition Of Extended Simple Sentences As A Teaching Writing Problem
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)The English sentence structure is composed of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. There is a type of simple sentence with extended phrasal modifiers that can occur at the beginning of the sentence, ...
