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Irgatoglu, Aydan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This study identifies the usage of language learning strategies and stereotypical thoughts on foreign languages regarding gender and language marks. It is designed in both correlation model and descriptive comparative model. The research sample is composed of 184 preparatory school students studying at a state university. Two questionnaires are…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Gender Differences
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Kural, Faruk – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
The present paper, which is a study based on midterm exam results of 53 University English prep-school students, examines correlation between a direct writing test, measured holistically by multiple-trait scoring, and two indirect writing tests used in a competence exam, one of which is a multiple-choice cloze test and the other a rewrite test…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Essays
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Demir, Cüneyt – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
Boosters are an important metadiscourse device for writers because it creates an emphatic impression in the reader. In addition, the competence of metadiscourse devices such as boosters is crucial in having native-fluency in academic writing. Therefore, this avoidance of using boosters may spawn foreignness in non-native writers' academic texts.…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Writing (Composition), Correlation, Teaching Methods
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Kulavuz-Önal, Derya; Tatar, Sibel – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
Over the past decades, teacher burnout has attracted teacher education scholars worldwide as regards to its causes, effects, and amelioration. Although the burnout phenomenon is not new, the research on teacher burnout in Turkey is still relatively recent. Providing a perspective from Turkey, in this study, we investigated burnout and…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Asmali, Mehmet; Bilki, Ufuk; Duban, Carina Adriana – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2015
The present study attempts to offer a small-scale investigation of the willingness to communicate and its key antecedents, namely the self-perceived communication competence and the communication apprehension in Turkish and Romanian contexts. A total of 130 participants took part in this quantitative approach based study. The data suggested…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Anxiety
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Altay, Ismail Firat; Altay, Ayse – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
Integration of technology in foreign language classes has long been a matter of interest for researchers. Yet, studies have often yielded indecisive and conflicting results. Besides, there have been few, if any, studies exploring the relationship between learners' use of metacognitive reading strategies and their performance in reading tests. The…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction