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Erel, Sevgi; Bedir, Hasan – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2021
Introduction: This study analysed Turkish instructors' metaphors identifying learners in terms of learner autonomy. Methods: In the present study we proposed a mixed methods approach to the investigation of the images created by the participants. Results: The metaphors produced by the participants showed that instructors see both themselves and…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Çapan, Seyit Ahmet – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021
Foreign language education is a highly controversial issue in the Turkish educational system. Despite innovative educational reforms done in the last three decades, achievement in foreign language education is far from yielding the expected results. It is of grave importance to seek for reasons underlying the underachievement in foreign language…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Preservice Teachers
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Okumus Ceylan, Nuray – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
In our institution, Quartet (computer software program) was a part of the curriculum which provides the students with the opportunity to work on their own in order to develop their language skills. To what extent the learners benefit from the materials and the time provided for them mainly depends on students since as Dakin suggests (1973)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Personal Autonomy, Student Attitudes
Tanyer, Seray; Susoy, Zafer – Online Submission, 2019
In Turkey, first-year preservice English teachers learn L2 writing in at least two compulsory courses throughout their undergraduate ELT [English Language Teaching] programs. This study, conducted in this context, intends to investigate preservice English teachers' perceptions about L2 undergraduate writing difficulty and their causal attributions…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Akkus Çakir, Nur; Ünlü, Nihan Aylin – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
The study aimed at investigating learners' attitudes towards languages other than English (LOTEs). The study also explored participant instructors' views on students' attitudes towards LOTEs. In order to collect data, a language attitude questionnaire was designed by adapting Students' Attitude Toward Foreign Language (SAFL) instrument. The study…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, College Students
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Uzun, Levent – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
The present study discusses the concepts of "education" and "training," while also highlighting the paradigm wars of the positivistic and naturalistic views, beginning with the age of ancient philosophies and continuing to the latest era of postmodernism. Additionally, language education is examined considering the linguistic…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers