Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğretiminde öğrenme desteğini gözlemlemek için kontrol listesi geliştirilmesi: Bir Delphi çalışması

In this study, the purpose is to provide a guide for the pre-service teachers in supporting their students in EFL classes. The aim, therefore, is to develop a checklist to be used in the classroom environment by pre-service teachers and in-service teachers to observe scaffolding strategies. The methodological approach to the study is the Delphi Method which is conducted in three rounds. Fifty-five (55) experts, participated in the first round and responded to an open-ended questionnaire in which they had to itemize what they do or what teachers should do in their classes to support their students learning of English. The data was analyzed and categorized into themes by the researcher and a peer-debriefer. In the second round, two experts in the field of English language teaching analyzed the themes and stated their opinions on the themes identified. Furthermore, the themes were re-categorized and converted into observable actions. In this way a checklist was formed and was given to another expert to comment on. As a result, checklist with three sections was formed. In the third round, the checklist was sent to English teachers in different institutions via online and were asked to state whether the items of the checklist were observable and acceptable. According to the feedback from the teachers the checklist was revised once more and the checklist was finalized. The final version of the checklist consisted of two sections and five sub-titles with 52 items indicating observable behaviors.