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- MakaleAçık Erişim2020Politeness and style differences in the Turkish language: the case of pre-service English language teachers
Bilici, Özlem Utku; Köroğlu, Zeynep Çetin
Being polite or perceived as a polite person is a difficult task when learning different languages andexperiencing different cultures because learning grammar or vocabulary of a language is not enoughto be perceived as a polite person since one should learn social and cultural values of thecommunity as well. Moreover, politeness strategies and styles utilized while one is speaking his orher mother tongue can vary in a contextual manner. This study aims at examining politenessstrategies and style differences the Turkish language. In accordance with this aim, a discoursecompletion test with four cases was prepared and administered to 32 pre-service English languageteachers. The findings indicated that the participants, to a large extent, used positive politenessstrategies while using the intimate style whereas they generally preferred negative politenessstrategies while using the consultative and the formal styles. Additionally, it was found out that thefamily background of the participants has no meaningful influence on the way they use politenessstrategies in different styles. However, it is concluded that gender and age of the participants affecttheir choice of the address forms.
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İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2019How Can a Teacher Become the Better Version of Oneself?
Bilici, Özlem Utku
In order to improve professionally, teachers need to question themselves throughout theirteaching because one can get feedback from oneself as well instead of listening to others’comments, suggestions or questions. On the other hand, getting feedback from colleagues andlearners is invaluable for professional improvement. This study was conducted as a self-study by anovice teacher. It was aimed at exploring the teaching practice of the teacher by focusing on themotivation issue specifically. Two critical friends actively participated in the study whereas thestudents of the teacher were passively involved in this self-study, too. The data were collectedthrough weekly diaries, Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale, Student Trust in Teacher Survey andwritten reflections of critical friends. Content analysis was utilized to analyses qualitative data andquantitative data were analyzed through SPSS, descriptive statistics were computed to revealquantitative results. The findings showed that teacher self-efficacy is crucial to sustaining aproductive teaching environment and a healthy teacher-student relationship. In addition, it wasfound out that teachers have various roles and responsibilities, which may sometimes overlap, bothin and outside the classroom. Regarding the self-study methodology and critical friendship, it wasconcluded that conducting a self-study is extremely helpful for professional development of ateacher because evaluation and criticism allow teachers to question themselves in a critical mannerand investigate what has been done and what could have been done for the betterment of theirteaching and professional being.
AtıfOpenAlex2TR Dizin2İncele - MakaleYalnız künye2018Teaching efl vocabulary to young digital nativesthrough online games: a study with turkish 5TH grade efl learners
Dolgunsöz, Emrah; Bilici, Özlem Utku
The current study aimed to examine the effect of online vocabulary gameson teaching new words to young learners ofEFL. For this aim, 46 Turkish 5thgrade EFL students in a state school were assigned into control and experimental groups. Both groups studied 22 words in 6 instructional sessions conducted in 6 subsequent weeks in the second semester of 2016-2017academicyear. Throughout this period, the data were collected via recognition-production tests and semi-structured interviews. The results of the recognition and production tests showed that experimental group outperformed the control group in terms of vocabulary gains. The results of the semi-structured interviews also supported the quantitativeresultsindicatingthatonlinevocabularygamesincreased students’ motivation. Additionally, it was observedthat young learners were amused by digital games and were willing to learn more via them.