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Gursen Sisman; Dilara Demirbulak; Ayse Yilmaz Virlan – European Journal of Education, 2025
This descriptive study aimed to investigate neuromyth prevalence among English language teachers. Data were collected through a digital questionnaire administered to 114 English teachers in Istanbul, Turkey, with the mediation of the Ministry of National Education (MoNE). Most participants were female secondary school teachers working at public…
Descriptors: Incidence, Misconceptions, Neurosciences, Brain
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Karafil, Burcu; Olur, Burak – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this descriptive study is to examine respect level of the undergraduate students for differences according to the various variables such as gender, department and foreign language preparation class education. The participants of the study consisted of 242 students studying at Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey in the spring term of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Prosocial Behavior, Individual Differences
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Hol, Devrim; Aydin, Irem – Journal of Educational Issues, 2020
This study aims to investigate the beliefs of Turkish EFL teachers about implementing digital technology in the classroom and the underlying factors which affect their beliefs. Quantitative research design was selected and online Beliefs Questionnaire was used for data collection. The participants of the study consisted of 563 Turkish in-service…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Sak, Mehmet – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
Recent years have seen a growing research interest in the notion of directed motivational currents (DMCs) that defines highly intense motivational surges oriented to a much-desired goal of personal significance. However, the learner characteristics that induce individual-level variability in DMCs have yet to be explored. In particular, the role of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Predictor Variables
Ünsal, Gülhanim – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study, which examines learning styles in foreign language teaching, is to determine the learning style/styles predominantly possessed by French learners, and to identify the methods, techniques, materials and activities that can be applied to effective learning and teaching considering individual differences. By Dunn &…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Instruction, French, Questionnaires
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Tosun, Bahadir – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
The present study is a quantitative research that attempts to scrutinize the place of students' views on integrating contextual micro-grammar revision with contextual vocabulary teaching consistent with Constructivism. Therefore, the study investigates the first and the second-year students' attitudes towards a new technique that attempts to…
Descriptors: Grammar, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Thompson, Amy S.; Khawaja, Anastasia J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
As part of a larger study on individual differences and language learning in Turkey, this study explores the relationship between foreign language anxiety and two operationalisations of multilingualism: any experience with a third language and Perceived Positive Language Interaction; it also illuminates connections among the aforementioned…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Profiles
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Koç, Hatice Kübra – Online Submission, 2017
As a still popular research area, Language Learning Strategies (LLS) researches need to be enhanced, since it consists of different phenomenon such as age, gender, individual differences and learning environment. At a glance, previous studies in the literature state that most of LLS researches are conducted in just learner-contexts in schools or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Age Differences, English (Second Language)
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Tosun, Bahadir Cahit – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
The current study is a quantitative research that aims to throw light on the place of students' views on contextual vocabulary teaching in conformity with Constructivism (CVTC) in the field of foreign language teaching. Hence, the study investigates whether any significant correlation exists between the fourth year university students' attitudes…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Statistical Analysis
Solak, Ekrem; Bayar, Adem – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the current challenges in English language learning and teaching in Turkey from high and low achievers' perspective. The study was qualitative in nature and the participants of the study were twenty-two students attending at various departments of a state university in Turkey. In this study, the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers