Theses supervised by Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hilal Peker Özbay
11 theses · İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University
İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğreten Türk öğretmenlerin mesleki gelişim etkinliklerine yönelik algıları
The purpose of this study was to investigate English preparatory school teachers' perceptions toward engaging in CPD activities. To this end, the current study focused on finding out the preferred CPD activities of the SUSFL teachers, and investigating if the level of education, age, experience or doing a CELTA or a Delta course affect teachers' perceptions in terms of commitment, recognition, preferences, effectiveness, and motivation. The participants were 107 EFL teachers working at a preparatory school at a state university in Turkey. The data were collected via an online survey comprising of five parts, which focus on the perceptions on commitment, recognition, preferences, effectiveness, and motivation of EFL teachers. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The results of this quantitative study indicated that the English teachers engage in several CPD activities. Although several previous studies in the literature indicated that personal factors such as age and experience affect teachers' perceptions towards CPD, in terms of age or experience, this study showed no significant difference in EFL teachers' context. However, having a graduate degree, and doing a CELTA or a Delta course significantly changed teachers' perceptions, particularly their preferences and motivation. In the light of these findings, it can be concluded that these specific activities may be catalysts in building positive attitudes towards other CPD activities for EFL teachers. Key words: Continuing professional development activities, CPD for EFL teachers, professional development.
Türkiye'de İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğreten öğretmenlerin akış deneyimleri
This study investigated flow experiences of EFL instructors in Turkey by focusing on absorption, work enjoyment, intrinsic work motivation, skills, activities, and time of the day through age, ethnicity, educational level, gender, sexual orientation, and years of experience variables. The study was conducted over a six-week period with 283 EFL instructors working 30 universities. The data were collected via an online survey consisting of three sections. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that EFL instructors experience flow in language classes. The findings also showed that work-related flow can be predicted by skills, activities, time of the day, age, educational level, and years of experience. However, no significant relationship was found between flow and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation. Key words: Flow, flow experience, EFL, work-related flow
Yüksek öğrenim gören ve İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen öğrencilerin teknoloji kabul modeli (TAM) çerçevesinde Edmodo, Quizlet ve Canva kullanımına yönelik algıları
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine tertiary level EFL learners' perceptions on the use of the Web 2.0 tools (i.e. Edmodo, Quizlet, Canva). This study was conducted with 90 participants at an English language preparatory school of a state university in Turkey. The results indicated that lower level students reported more positive opinions pertaining the use of the tools individually or altogether when compared to higher level students. The participants significantly differed from one another in terms of their perceptions of the awareness and actual system usage of the tools. It was also found that the perceptions of the awareness could slightly and the perceptions of the actual system usage of the Web 2.0 tools could moderately predict the perceptions of the perceived usefulness of the tools. The implications of this study indicate that these already repeatedly used tools as a curricular task could be substituted or replaced with other tools to alleviate the oversaturation and reluctance of the use of the Web 2.0 tools by learners. Also, their opinions could also be taken into consideration when choosing which Web 2.0 tools to be implemented into language laboratory lessons so that their perceptions on the perceived usefulness, awareness and actual system usage of the tools could be positively shaped. Further research is required in the literature to give more support to generalize the results.
İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğreten öğretim görevlilerinin teknoloji kullanım algıları ile olası benlikleri arasındaki ilişki üzerine bir çalışma
The aim of this non-experimental quantitative study was to investigate whether there was a relationship between EFL instructors' perceptions on technology use and their possible language teacher selves (PLTS). It also aimed to find out if there were differences among instructor groups based on their professional qualifications, highest degree earned, and teaching experience regarding their perceptions on technology use and PLTS. The participants were 134 EFL instructors teaching at a public university in Ankara. Survey items related to perceptions on technology use were taken and adapted from Venkatesh, Morris, Morris, and Davis (2003). The items about the PLTS, however, were developed by the researcher. For data analysis, descriptive as well as inferential statistics were utilized. The results revealed that professional qualifications, degrees, and teaching experience affected instructors' perceptions on technology use and their PLTS. Also, a positive relationship between the EFL instructors' ILTTS and their perceptions on technology use, especially when they had professional qualifications or degrees was found. Therefore, EFL instructors should be supported to pursue further academic careers, and in-service training programs, workshops, and best-practice sessions should be organized. To generalize the findings, further research is necessary.
Türkiye'deki bir devlet üniversitesindeki İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğreten öğretim görevlilerinin yansıtıcı uygulamaları ve olası dil öğretmeni benlikleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi
The aim of this study was to investigate whether there was a statistically significant relationship between EFL instructors' reflective practices and their possible language teacher selves. This correlational quantitative study was conducted with 94 EFL instructors working at a school of foreign languages at a state university in Turkey. The data were collected via an online survey, which was designed to investigate EFL instructors' engagement in reflective practice, and their perceived levels of possible language teacher selves. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The results of the analyses revealed that EFL instructors sometimes engaged in reflective practice, and they had a high level of ideal language teacher self. The results also revealed that there was a statistically significant relationship between EFL instructors' overall reflective practice and their possible language teacher selves. Practical, cognitive, learner-related, and meta-cognitive types of reflective practice were found to have a statistically significant relationship with at least one type of possible language teacher selves.
Gelişmekte olan iki dilli bireylerin diller arası geçişlilik uygulamaları, yabancı dil sınıf kaygısı, yeniden kavramsallaştırılmış ikinci dil motivasyonel benlik sistemi ve yabancı dil başarısı üzerine bir yapısal eşitlik modeli
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between translanguaging practices, foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA), reconceptualized L2 motivational self system (R-L2MSS), and English language achievement scores of emergent bilinguals. To this end, 386 A1 and A2-level English learners, studying at a preparatory school of a university in Turkey, took part in the study. The quantitative data were derived through a 45-item survey. First, an exploratory factor analysis performed on the responses to the Translanguaging Practices Scale and two factors were obtained. Subsequently, the whole data were adapted and tested for measurement model validity and reliability. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) results, analyzed in Smart PLS (Version 3.2.9), revealed there was a statistically significant relationship between translanguaging practices, foreign language classroom anxiety, and reconceptualized L2 motivational self system. However, the relationship between translanguaging practices and English language achievement scores was not statistically significant.
İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğreten öğretim görevlileri ile öğrencilerinin İngilizce ana dil aksanları ve ana dil olmayan aksanları ile ortak dil olarak İngilizce hakkındaki algıları
In the current study, perceptions of Turkish EFL instructors and their students on native and non-native accents of English and English as a lingua franca (ELF) were explored. Moreover, how the EFL instructors and students see the position and ownership of English as a native language and as a lingua franca all over the world and their own use of ELF was also investigated. The study was conducted with 78 non-native English instructors and 214 English prep school students at a state university. The data were collected over a six-week period via an online survey that consisted of four sections. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized in the analysis. The results indicated that both the instructors and students were aware of ELF on a theoretical level, yet had some hesitations about the practical implications of it. The results also showed that participants liked the native accents (i.e. British, American) more than the non-native ones. Moreover, the speakers of the native accents were associated with characteristics that are more positive. Both the instructors and students had a positive attitude towards English language and were aware of its instrumental and widespread value, but regarded the native speakers as the owner of the language.
İngilizce öğrenen yetişkinlerin yabancı dilde telaffuz kaygıları ve İngilizce telaffuzuna dair yeniden kavramsallaştırılmış ikinci dil motivasyonel benlik sisteminin Türkiye'de bir yükseköğretim kurumu bağlamında incelemesi
In this study, foreign language pronunciation anxiety of English learners was examined within the scope of Reconceptualized L2 Motivational Self System. This non-experimental, cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted with 596 participants at the school of foreign languages of a state university in Turkey. A questionnaire was distributed online to collect data. The items of the questionnaire were adopted and adapted from Kralova, Skorvagova, Tirpakova, and Markechova (2017), Peker (2016), and Baran-Lucarz (2016). In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics were run. The results indicated that foreign language pronunciation anxiety was a determinant of future L2 pronunciation selves. Moreover, feared L2 pronunciation self negatively correlated with ideal L2 pronunciation self, whereas it correlated positively with ought-to L2 pronunciation self. Finally, foreign language pronunciation anxiety was higher in female learners, less proficient learners, learners who had never been abroad and learners who had been learning English for a shorter period of time.
İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen yükseköğretim düzeyindeki öğrencilerin akademik engellerle mücadele gücü, akademik direnci, yeniden kavramsallaştırılmış ikinci dil motivasyonel benlik sistemi ve akademik başarısı üzerine bir yapısal eşitlik modeli
In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship among academic buoyancy, academic resilience, reconceptualized L2 motivational self system, and tertiary level students' academic achievement. The study was conducted at a public university in Ankara, Turkey. The data were derived from 436 tertiary level students receiving one-year intensive English education to start their studies in their departments. They were required to become proficient in English to gain the right to start their majors. The data were gathered through an adopted survey, and analyzed via SPSS v.25 and SmartPLS v.3.2.9. A new model was created to explain the relationships among the variables through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings revealed significant relationships between the participants' academic buoyancy and their midterm average scores as well as between the feared L2 self and academic buoyancy. Also, participants' ideal L2 selves and English learning experiences were found to be strong predictors of their perseverance. Results were discussed and implications were provided in line with the current findings of the new model. Keywords: Academic Buoyancy, Academic Resilience, Reconceptualized L2 Motivational Self System
Yükseköğretim kurumlarında yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğreten, anadili İngilizce olan ve olmayan öğretim elemanlarının yabancı dil öğretme kaygısı ve öz-yeterlik algıları
This quantitative study investigated the foreign language teaching anxiety and teacher self-efficacy perceptions of 53 native and 180 non-native teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Turkish universities. The findings revealed low levels of anxiety and high levels of teacher self-efficacy among the participants. A weak to moderate negative correlation was found between the two constructs. Non-native teachers had significantly higher FL teaching anxiety than the natives; however, no significant difference was found in their perceived teacher self-efficacy. Female participants in both groups had significantly higher levels of anxiety and teacher self-efficacy than the males. No other significant result was observed among the natives. However, significant differences in anxiety among the non-native participants were found in terms of age, major, and years of experience. Similarly, significant differences in teacher self-efficacy were observed in terms of major, years of experience, and students' proficiency levels of the non-natives. Qualifications and last completed degree made no significant difference in anxiety or self-efficacy perceptions of native and non-native teachers.
Kur tekrarı yapan ve yapmayan öğrencilerin yeniden kavramsallaştırılmış ikinci dil motivasyonel benlik sisteminin, yabancı dil sınıf kaygısının, algılanan sağlığının, ve başarısının araştırılması
The purpose of this study is to examine how repeat and non-repeat students differ in terms of their R-L2MSS, FLCA, and PW. Furthermore, it is investigated how R-L2MSS, FLCA, and PW correlate with each other, and what factors can predict student achievement. The survey used in the study was a combination of R-L2MSS (Peker, 2016), FLCAS (Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986), and PWS (Adams, Bezner, & Steinhardt, 1997) scales. Participants in the study were 164 students enrolled in an English preparatory school program of a foundation university in Ankara, Turkey. Independent t-tests, Pearson's correlation tests, and a multiple linear regression test were used to analyse the quantitative data obtained for the current study. Results showed that repeat students had higher levels of PW compared to non-repeat students. In addition, correlation tests showed that students with higher OL2S or FL2S had higher levels of FLCA while students with higher IL2S, or better ELE had lower levels of FLCA. FLCA was also found to be the only construct that predicted midterm scores. In line with these findings, implications were provided.