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• MakaleYalnız künye2023Scopus SJRQ2/r/bayburt/14085
  THE EFFECTS OF STRATEGY TRAINING ON THE USE OF IMPLICATIONS FROM THINK-ALOUD AND EYE-TRACKING DATA

  Utku Bilici, Ozlem; Subasi, Gonca; Dolgunsoz, Emrah

  Considering the critical role of readings strategies in L2 reading this study aimed to investigate the impact of strategy training on Turkish EFL learners' use of global reading strategies. 23 freshmen, enrolled in the ELT Department, participated in the study, and the data were collected through eye tracking and thinkaloud protocols. The results are encouraging for the use of reciprocal teaching, one of the comprehensionenhancing approaches to teach reading, in the EFL contexts. Eye tracking results, hand in hand with the think-aloud protocols' findings, revealed that the participants utilised global reading strategies more frequently to a statistically significant degree after the strategy instruction. Thus, it was concluded that strategy training was useful for the participants to improve their use of global reading strategies, and a recent technological tool can be purposefully integrated into the data collection procedure of educational research studies. Pedagogical implications on the strategy training for the employment of global reading strategies that would help students improve reading skills need to be given attention by teachers.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2023/r/bayburt/15653
  A Cross-Cultural Analysis of a Turkish EFL Textbook: Hu and McKay's Analytic Framework

  Dolgunsöz, Emrah; Azimzadeh, Monireh

  Due to rapid globalization, culture is an essential element of foreign language pedagogy. Cross-cultural communication and foreign language learning have become increasingly important since it provides the common basis for intercultural contact. Textbooks are crucial pedagogical resources in the EFL context since they are the primary sources of building intercultural understanding. The main purpose of this study was to explore how a local Turkish EFL textbook presented interlingual and intercultural diversity in Turkish EFL classrooms. Hu and McKay's (2014) analytic framework was adopted to investigate the linguistic and cultural contents of the textbook. The findings revealed that the textbook needed more group work activities, which does not promote communication enough. In addition, the cultural content was dominated by the native culture (Turkish). In the textbook, mainstream contexts (i.e., family, school, holidays) along with local Turkish cultural elements formed the majority of the settings. In addition, places, names, and events were mainly from Turkiye, while these elements from other cultures, including Anglo-American, were limited. Finally, cross-cultural conversations were included; however, the topics chosen were about Turkiye and popular culture. These findings were discussed regarding cross-cultural communication, EIL and practical ELT pedagogy.

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• Kitap BölümüYalnız künye2023/r/bayburt/14354
  Can Bilingual Books Promote Self-Paced Foreign Language Learning: A Qualitative Study

  Dolgunsöz, Emrah

  Books that include multiple languages have been published in various languages since the 1980s in the United States, mainly for the Latino population to promote language learning and literacy (Ernst-Slavit and Mulhern, 2023) and recently have started to become popular. Bilingual texts may benefit language learners since embedded translations may help increase grammatical awareness, provide L1 preview, support L1 positive transfer and even promote L1 identity. Considering some advantages of bilingual books, this qualitative study examined if bilingual texts can be a good and cheap option for self-paced language study. 6 EFL learners without Spanish knowledge were asked to study 2 bilingual books (Spanish-Turkish) for 10 weeks. Their progress was tracked through their personal reflections periodically. A semi-structured interview was employed at the end of a 10-week period to scrutinize their recommendations and opinions. The results showed some pros of these texts, such as cost, ease of use and direct translation of sentences. These materials, however, were not without cons. The participants emphasized a lack of quality and visuals, inefficiency when not complemented with a language course, complexity of grammar and verb inflections despite translations and lack of motivation due to daily routines. The participants also reported that adopting an intense study strategy, such as writing and taking notes on grammar and vocabulary, may be very time-consuming and tedious. In conclusion, bilingual books for self-paced study were found to have a number of challenging issues and it was best to use them as supplementary material to any language course.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2023Scopus SJRQ2/r/bayburt/11761
  THE EFFECTS OF STRATEGY TRAINING ON THE USE OF GLOBAL READING STRATEGIES: IMPLICATIONS FROM THINK-ALOUD AND EYE-TRACKING DATA

  Bilici, Ozlem Utku; Subasi, Gonca; Dolgunsoz, Emrah

  Considering the critical role of readings strategies in L2 reading this study aimed to investigate the impact of strategy training on Turkish EFL learners’ use of global reading strategies. 23 freshmen, enrolled in the ELT Department, participated in the study, and the data were collected through eye tracking and think-aloud protocols. The results are encouraging for the use of reciprocal teaching, one of the comprehension-enhancing approaches to teach reading, in the EFL contexts. Eye tracking results, hand in hand with the think-aloud protocols’ findings, revealed that the participants utilised global reading strategies more frequently to a statistically significant degree after the strategy instruction. Thus, it was concluded that strategy training was useful for the participants to improve their use of global reading strategies, and a recent technological tool can be purposefully integrated into the data collection procedure of educational research studies. Pedagogical implications on the strategy training for the employment of global reading strategies that would help students improve reading skills need to be given attention by teachers.

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• Kitap BölümüYalnız künye2022/r/bayburt/11962
  Foreign Language Apprehension and Interview Success

  Dolgunsöz, Emrah

  A job interview (or employment interview) is a common hiring method involving a conversation between a job applicant (interviewee) and a representative of an employer (interviewer) which is conducted to assess and evaluate the suitability of the applicant for the job (Dipboye, Macan and Shahani-Denning 2012). Depending on the company profile, the type of position and the job requirements, applicants are assessed and evaluated by companies in various dimensions ranging from presentability to academic efficiency. Although the criteria of companies vary a lot, all interviews engender a phenomenon called interview anxiety. It is generally the sum of annoying and unpleasant feelings before or during a job interview (McCarthy and Goffin 2004) due to reasons such as lack of control during interviews (Jones and Pinkney 1989) or being evaluated by a stranger in an interactional environment (Ayres et al. 1998). Common symptoms of interview anxiety manifest in long and frequent pauses while talking, slow speech or licking lips (Feiler and Powell 2016). Besides the regular procedures of employment interviews, global companies operating in non-English-speaking countries also assess the English language competency of the applicants during interviews. These companies value proficiency in English and it is a vital prerequisite of international communication for these types of companies. Foreign language (mostly English) assessment commonly focuses on the oral skills of the applicants and how good they are at communicating in the English language. The inclusion of this evaluation in job interviews certainly has merit; however, it also has the potential to increase the anxiety experienced during interviews due to the phenomenon called foreign language anxiety (FLA). Anxiety, in general, is defined as a common subjective feeling of unease, discomfort, and worry often accompanied by some physiological symptoms. FLA refers to the specific type of anxiety that emerges in a foreign language context (MacIntyre 1999). FLA causes low foreign language performance causing anxious individuals to commit various linguistic and phonological errors. Considering that employment interviews are already anxiety-provoking processes, this study hypothesizes that the inclusion of foreign language assessment during interviews elevates anxiety due to FLA, and aims to examine how this experience affects employment interview success.

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• MakaleAçık Erişim2021/r/bayburt/14638
  Covid-19 uzaktan eğitim sürecinde çevrimiçi İngilizce dersleri sırasında aile özelliklerinin iletişim kaygısı üzerindeki etkisi

  Dolgunsöz, Emrah

  COVID-19 salgını, birçok ülkede halk sağlığını korumak için yüz yüze eğitimin iptal edildiği eğitim sistemlerinde ciddi bir dönüşüme sebep olmuştur. Bu dönüşümle birlikte öğrencilerin evleri birer sınıf haline geldi ve aileler kendilerini daha önce hiç olmadığı kadar örgün eğitimin ortasında buldular. Bu çalışma, çevrimiçi yabancı dil dersleri sırasında aile birey sayısının Yabancı Dil Olarak İngilizce (EFL) iletişim endişesi (CA) üzerindeki etkisini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Nicel kısma 223 öğrenci katılırken, nitel prosedürler için 37 öğrenci ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler yapılmıştır. İlk nicel bulgular, çevrimiçi İngilizce derslerinde düşük ila orta düzeyde sözlü katılım oranı olduğunu göstermiştir. Diğer nicel bulgular ise, bir ailedeki üye sayısının çevrimiçi İngilizce derslerindeki iletişim endişesine etki ettiğini ortaya koymuştur. Araştırmanın ikinci bölümünde ise, elde edilen nitel bulgular çevrimiçi İngilizce dersler esnasında öğrencilerin en çok ailenin en küçük bireyleri tarafından rahatsız edildiklerini ortaya çıkarmıştır. Aile hayatıyla ilgili diğer rahatsızlıklar ise dışarıdan gelen gürültüler (konuklar, sokak gürültüsü vb.) ve ev içi sorumluluklardır (yemek pişirme, temizlik, iş vb.). Ebeveynlerin ve yaşça büyük üyelerin çevrimiçi İngilizce derslerde iletişim endişesine pek fazla etkisi olmadığı göülmüştür. Sonuçlar, pedagojik çıkarımlarla birlikte uzaktan eğitim, aile ve iletişim endişesi açısından tartışılmıştır.

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• MakaleAçık Erişim2019/r/bayburt/13629
  The effect of VR and traditional videos on learner retention and decision making

  Yildirim, Gurkan; Yildirim, Serkan; Dolgunsoz, Emrah

  Virtual reality (VR) as computer-mediated 3-D environments including real-life situations presented via different tools in which users can interact effectively with visuals. This study is significant as it primarily aimed to investigate effects of VR on retention by comparing it with traditional 2-D videos. The main aim of this study is to compare the effect of VR and 2-D videos on learner retention and decision making. About 18 students from the Department of English language teaching in an age range of 18-20 (nine males and nine females) voluntarily participated in this study and took course credits. As all participants were tested under the same two conditions in different time periods; repeated measures were chosen for statistical analysis. It can be inferred that both technologies have similar effects on short-term retention and VR does not provide any extra retention performance. However, VR was found to have a significant effect on long-term retention.

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• MakaleAçık Erişim2019Scopus SJRQ4/r/bayburt/12345
  The effect of taboo content on incidental vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language: A facial expression analysis study

  Dolgunsöz, Emrah

  This study aims to examine how taboo content affects language learner psychology and language learning gains in a multi-modal learning environment by using facial expression analysis. 40 Muslim language learners were initially asked about their opinions on pork and watched a subtitled cooking video including pork visuals and their facial expressions were recorded. Before watching the video, only 20 of them were told it was lamb. The video was followed by a stimulated recall procedure, a cloze test and an output test. The results of the facial data analysis showed that Muslim learners were disgusted by the taboo content, which was in line with their opinions on pork taboo. However, this negative emotion did not significantly affect their test performance. Computer assisted facial expression analysis was also introduced as a biometric research technique for second language research.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2018/r/bayburt/15245
  Sanal gerçeklik teknolojisinin yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğretiminde yazma becerisine etkisi

  Dolgunsöz, Emrah; Yıldırım, Gürkan; Yildirim, Serkan

  Günümüzde teknoloji alanında yaşanan gelişmeler göz önüne alındığında eğitim ortamlarında çok sık olarak farklı teknolojiler kullanılmakta ve öğretimsel etkileri incelenmektedir. Sanal gerçeklik uygulamaları da bu teknolojilerin en son örneklerinden biri olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Sanal Gerçeklik kişinin sanal ortamla birebir ilişki içinde bulunduğu ve etkileşime geçebildiği modern bir teknolojidir. Çok aşamalı açımlayıcı karma desene sahip bu çalışmada İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen 24 öğrenci hem sanal gerçeklik hem geleneksel 2 boyutlu video izlemiş ve yazma performanslarına bakılmıştır. Ayrıca tüm öğrencilerle yarı yapılandırılmış röportaj yapılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda; VR teknolojisinin kullanıcılar tarafından kullanılmasa bile medya, arkadaş ve sosyal ağlar gibi ortamlarla bu teknolojiden haberdar oldukları görülmüştür. Nicel sonuçlar öğrencilerin geleneksel video da daha başarılı olduğunu göstermiş olsa da, sanal gerçeklik tecrübesi uzun süreli hafızaya daha olumlu etki etmiştir. Sanal gerçeklik uygulamalarının sunmuş oldukları gerçeklik ve ortamda bulunma hislerinden dolayı kullanıcıları tarafından çok fazla beğendikleri görülmüştür. Ancak sunulan içeriğin görüntü kalitesi gibi teknik özellikleri beğeni durumunu olumsuz yönde etkileyebilmektedir.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2018/r/bayburt/15193
  Word familiarity effects in efl reading: an eye tracking study

  Dolgunsöz, Emrah

  Do you know what happens in mind when we encounter a novel word while reading anewspaper, a paragraph or a short story? Via eye tracking technique, this study aimed togather clues about how our mind reacts to an unknown word while we read in anotherlanguage by examining word familiarity effects on eye movements during EFL reading. Aftera vocabulary test, eye movements of 60 EFL learners at intermediate level were recordedwhile they read identical sentence pairs including words with different length and frequency.The results showed that (1) total time spent on words and reanalysis times were predicted byvocabulary knowledge, (2) initial word processing was not predicted by vocabulary size (3)unfamiliar words attended more attention and required more cognitive effort than familiarwords, (4) familiar words are processed in similar time spans for English as L1 and L2 butunfamiliar words cause more cognitive load in EFL. The results were discussed incomparison to L1 eye movement research in reading and were evaluated regarding EFLreading in terms of noticing hypothesis, incidental vocabulary acquisition and EFL readinginstruction.

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