E-twinning uygulamasının 10. sınıf mesleki ve teknik anadolulisesi öğrencilerinin ingilizce dersine yönelik tutumlarına vedil yeterliklerine olan etkisi

ABSTRACT THE EFFECT OF E-TWINNING IMPLEMENTATION ON THE PROFICIENCY AND ATTITUDES OF 10TH GRADE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL EFL STUDENTS TOWARDS ENGLISH COURSES IN TURKEY Nesrin AHMETOĞLU AÇIKGÖZ Department of Foreign Language Education Programme in English Language Teaching Anadolu University, Graduate School of Educational Sciences, July 2019 Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Selma KARA The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of an international e-Twinning project on proficiency and attitudes towards English course of 10th grade vocational and technical Anatolian high school students. Moreover, the perceptions of students about the e-Twinning process were explored. A mixed-methods design was run, applying both quantitative and qualitative research. The study was conducted with seventy 10th grade vocational and technical Anatolian high school students in Istanbul, in 2018-2019 academic year. 'The Attitudes towards English Lesson Scale' was used to determine the attitudes of students. In order to determine the proficiency of the students, two different A2 level proficiency tests were used as pretest and posttest. E-Twinning process lasted for 11 weeks and at the end, the experimental group students were given written interview questions to explore their perceptions and attitudes about the e-Twinning process. The quantitative data were analyzed by using 22.0 package of SPSS's Paired Samples t-test and Independent Samples t-test. The results of the study revealed that there is not a significant difference between the attitudes of experimental and control groups at the end of the e-Twinning process. However, the results of the experimental group showed that their attitudes remained at the same level while the control group's attitudes decreased at the end of the term. The proficiency results in reading& writing tests showed that there is not a significant difference between the experimental and control groups. There is considerable difference in listening proficiency test scores between two groups even if it's not statistically significant. The perceptions of the students were generally positive and e-Twinning was regarded as beneficial especially for their proficiency. E- Twinning supplied a true-reason for students to communicate and it is effective for listening skill which is an important skill to communicate. E-twinning might be used to improve students' listening skill in vocational and technical high schools. Keywords: Attitude towards English Lesson, E- Twinning, Proficiency in Language, Perceptions of Students on e- Twinning.