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Aydin, Gülnur; Baysan, Sultan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
In this research, it was aimed to determine the perceptions of postgraduate students towards academic writing skills through metaphors. In this context, the study group is composed of postgraduate (master and doctorate) students studying at Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Education in the 2017-2018 academic year. In this context, 100…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Writing Skills, Academic Discourse, Figurative Language
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Demir, Cüneyt – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
In the field of ELT, a growing awareness has been paid to the use of correct and appropriate word combinations. Of methods and techniques existed in the literature, the issue of lexical collocation gets a great deal of attention. However, one of the main obstacles, particularly for non-native writers (NNW), is indeterminate knowledge of word…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure, Periodicals
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Özüdogru, Fatma – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
This study aimed to analyze curriculum evaluation studies conducted in foreign language education between the years 2005 and 2016 in terms of the levels the studies were conducted in, sample groups, sample size, research methods and curriculum evaluation models via descriptive content analysis. Searching various data bases, 87 studies, which are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sample Size
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Soltani, Azimeh; Kheirzadeh, Shiela – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study aimed to explore EFL students' use of writing strategies and their attitudes towards reading-to-write and writing-only tasks. The primary purpose of this study was to see whether there was any significant difference between the writing performance of reading-to-write and writing-only task groups of Iranian EFL learners. Also, this study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Questionnaires
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Istifci, Ilknur – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study aims at investigating compliment responses of Turkish and Chinese EFL learners by collecting data via a Discourse Completion Test. The participants of the study are Lower-Intermediate and Intermediate Level Chinese and Turkish EFL learners and native English speakers. The first purpose of the study is to compare Turkish and Chinese EFL…
Descriptors: Turkish, Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Yagiz, Oktay; Aydin, Burcu; Akdemir, Ahmet Selçuk – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
This study reviews a selected sample of 274 research articles on ELT, published between 2005 and 2015 in Turkish contexts. In the study, 15 journals in ULAKBIM database and articles from national and international journals accessed according to convenience sampling method were surveyed and relevant articles were obtained. A content analysis was…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Periodicals, Content Analysis, Research Design