AN ACTION RESEARCH AIMING AT INVESTIGATING THE CONTENT AND CLASSROOM AMBIENT IN TURKISH LANGUAGE COURSE IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVENESS OF TURKISH LANGUAGE COURSE
Journal: International Journal of Language Academy (IJLA) (Vol.3, No. 1)Publication Date: 2015-03-15
Authors : Ersin GÜLAY; Suat UNGAN;
Page : 337-360
Keywords : Turkish language course; action research; qualitative method.;
Abstract
The study aims to improve the practices of the Turkish language course lecturer through the views of the students and the reflection of the lecturer himself in order to achieve the objectives of the course which is offered in vocational schools of higher education. To this end, an action research design was adopted within qualitative research approach. This approach enables the researcher to be in the very process of the research as a practitioner, and provides the pratitioner with the opportunity of observing and detecting the problems occur during the practice as well as evaluate the results of the new practices implemented after the designation of the problems. The study was conducted on 186 students in 14 weeks period in 2011- 2012 academic year. The data was collected through the diaries of the practitioner, and semi-structured interviews with the students. Some of the students did not provide any or enough data within the scope of the study during the data colection process. At the end of the study, the practitioner concluded that the course lecturer should be the model for the students by attaching importance to the course and be a model to the students in this respect. Besides, the students need to be engaged with literary works which provide to them language awareness, and thus this should be practiced with the the writing practices. Additioanlly, necessary techniques which enable the large number of students to participate in such activities should be used in the crowded classrooms.
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