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• MakaleAçık Erişim2020/r/bayburt/14412
  Effects of Digital Shot Stories on the Development of Listening Skills: An Action Research

  Köroglu, Zeynep Cetin

  The present research aimed to find out whether digital short stories can improve language learners' listening skills. The purpose of this study was to figure out student teachers' perceptions of digital short stories' implementation into language classrooms. Specifically, the current research aimed to investigate whether digital short stories are useful to develop language learners' listening skills in English. The research is action research in design. The study used pretest and post-test, a written structured interview to collect data and it included both quantitative and qualitative components. The interview consisted of six open-ended questions. Achievement tests and t-test were used to analyse quantitative data. On the other hand, content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. The data were collected in 2016-2017 academic years at a state university, Turkey. Participants were preparatory class students of English language teaching department of the university. In the treatment process, digital short stories were used for eight weeks, which were written by various famous American authors and voice recorded by American native speakers of English. Additionally, weekly worksheets and hand-outs were prepared by the researcher. Results showed that digital short stories provide satisfactory content, supports vocabulary learning, improves language learners' listening skills, helps participants to gain familiarity with complex grammar structures and makes students more familiar with different cultures. Furthermore, participants were satisfied with digital short stories and they thought these digital stories are useful to improve their listening skills.

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• MakaleAçık Erişim2020/r/bayburt/14941
  Politeness 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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• MakaleYalnız künye2016/r/bayburt/15432
  An Investigation on Intercultural Communicative Competence's Integration Into Textbooks; Language Instructors' Perspectives

  Köroğlu, Zeynep Çetin

  Bu çalışma Gazi Üniversitesi, Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulunda İngilizce öğreten dil okutmanlarının Kültürlerarası İletişimsel Yeterlilik açısından ders kitabı içeriği konusunda bakış açılarını araştırmıştır. Çalışma 2012- 2013 akademik yılında dil okutmanlarından anket ile alınan bakış açılarının analizine dayanmaktadır. Çalışmaya ilişkin veriler, 20 maddelik 'Öğretim Materyalleri Değerlendirme Rehberi' ile elde edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonucunda, 'English for Life' isimli ders kitabını öğretim materyali olarak kullanan okutmanlara göre ders kitabının içeriğinin öğrencilerin Kültürlerarası İletişimsel yeterliliklerini artıracak yeterlilikte olmadığını düşündükleri bulunmuştur. Kültürlerarası İletişimsel Yeterliliğin bileşenlerinden tutum, bilgi ve kültürlerarası farkındalık ile ilgili olan bölümlerin sonuçları dil okutmanlarının Kültürlerarası İletişimsel Yeterliliğin alt dallarının ders kitabı içeriğinde sunulmadığını düşündüklerini göstermektedir.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2016/r/bayburt/15428
  Measuring english language teacher candidates' intercultural sensitivity: a key element to foster intercultural communicative competence

  Köroğlu, Zeynep Çetin

  A multicultural and global society makes intercultural communication an indispensable part of communication. As an affective dimension of intercultural communicative competence, intercultural sensitivity has drawn the attention of scholars throughout the past years. However, there is still a misperception about intercultural sensitivity with other cognitive, affective and behavioral domains of intercultural communication such as intercultural awareness, intercultural adroitness and intercultural communicative competence. Important scholars in the field define intercultural sensitive persons as those who are conscious in their interactions and accept interlocutors' ideas without judgment of their personal complexity. In this angle, English language teachers' sensitivity towards other cultures has significant meaning to make language learners better foreign language learners and speakers (Crawford, 2008). Thus, the current study aims to investigate English Language Teacher candidates' intercultural sensitivity level. In this study, ISS (intercultural sensitivity scale, Chen and Starosta, 2000) is used to measure the results of the 61 student teachers who participated in the study. Participants' intercultural sensitivity levels are analyzed in SPSS due to interaction engagement, respect for cultural differences, interaction confidence, enjoyment and attentiveness. The results show that English language teacher candidates enjoy interacting with people from other cultures and they are sensitive towards cultural differences and complexities

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