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A Model to Rehabilitate a Fossilized Pronunciation Error of Turkish English Language Teachers: The Nasal Devoicing of /ŋ/ as /ŋk/
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2009)The Nonnative learners sharing the same L1 naturally converge toward L2 pronunciation heavily by the intrusion of L1, creating the fossilized articulation errors. It must be noted that fossilized pronunciation errors of ... -
Foreign Language Learners' Beliefs About Language Learning: A Study On Turkish University Students
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2009)The present study addresses the differences and similarities among English, German, and French language groups' beliefs about language learning. The participant students (n=343) completed Beliefs About Language Learning ... -
Investigating the Experiences of Male Student English Teachers in a Traditional Non-Gender Profession
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2009)The research for this paper aims to investigate the viewpoints and career plans of male student teachers of English entering a gender non-traditional field in a university in Turkey. The study has found that the driving ... -
An Analysis of The Problem-Causing Elements of Intonation for Turkish Teachers of English
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2009)Intonation is the most difficult area of foreign language learning; therefore, the elements of intonation must be specified first and then properly taught. The term intonation is a very fishy concept because its definition ... -
The Specification Of The Difficulties In The Perception And Articulation Of The English Schwa Phoneme By Turkish English Teachers And Students
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The term schwa, comes from Hebrew, where it means 'emptiness' and designates a Hebrew vowel of the same quality (Skander and Burleigh, 2005: 37). The schwa sound, whose symbol is [e] in the IPA system, does not exist in ... -
The Causes of the Schwa Phoneme as a Fossilized Pronunciation Problem for Turks
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The articulation of the schwa phoneme, symbolized by the [e] in the IPA system, of the English language, is a serious pronunciation problem for Turkish English teachers, teacher trainees and the students of other fields ... -
Prospective English Language Teachers' Views on Computer and Paper-Based Instructional Materials in Developing Language Components
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The aim of this study was to find prospective English language teachers' opinions on computer-based materials in comparison to paper-based materials in relation to some variables such as their self-perceived knowledge of ... -
Teaching is a Female Profession in the Eyes of a Beholder or is it?
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The study examines whether there is a changing trend in reactions of families and society towards male teacher candidates, as economic tendencies have changed drastically in Turkey. Nineteen male and three female student ... -
Teaching Problematic Consonants in English to Young Learners
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010)The purpose of this study is to improve pronunciation of Turkish young learners at Jale Tezer College. It aims to show that English pronunciation can be taught and improved by using various songs and games. The research ... -
Metaphorical Conceptualizations Of Arab Learners Of Turkish
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2011)Metaphor analysis is considered to be a fruitful line of inquiry deserving more attention and application in foreign language instruction. However, the research examining linguistic metaphors used by foreign language ... -
Prospective English Language Teachers' Views On Literature In Their Teacher Education Curriculum And Its Potential Value
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2011)Foreign language teachers use literary texts in their classrooms for their potential practical uses among which the existence of their enriched lexis is the leading one. Still, much research is needed to map and develop ... -
Sentence Stress And Learning Difficulties Of Elt Teachers: A Case Study
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)When learners are acquiring another language, they face a number of problems as every language is unique and it carries its particular aspects. Learning how to speak a new language is more than just learning words and ... -
The Recognition Difficulty Of Extended Compound Sentences For Turkish First Year English Language Education Students
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Turkish First Year English Language Education students have serious problems in recognition and production of extended compound sentences, which carry extra phrases. Therefore, they cannot write extended compound sentences ... -
Demonstration Of Problems Of Lexical Stress On The Pronunciation Turkish English Teachers And Teacher Trainees By Computer
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Stress is an important intonational and prosodic feature both in North American English (NAE) and Brtish English (BrE.); therefore, lexical stress placement of the speaker and its perception as lexical stress detection ... -
An Analysis of The Legibility of Cursive Handwriting of Prospective Primary School Teachers
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)The purpose of this study is to analyze the cursive handwriting of prospective primary school teachers from the perspective of legibility. The study is a descriptive one with its aim to portray the existing state of affairs, ... -
Which /R/ Are You Using As An English Teacher? Rhotic Or Non-Rhotic?
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)There are many obvious differences between North American English (NAE) and British English (BrE) /r/ phoneme, and a great majority of Turkish English teachers do not know which variant of the /r/ they are using. It must ... -
The Interface Between Efl Teachers' Self-Efficacy Concerning Critical Reading Comprehension And Some Select Variables
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)In the recent decades individual differences in learning has become important in EFL/ESL classes. Generally, the main concern in EFL/ESL classes is to analyze the students. It is for this reason that most of the studies ... -
The Recognition Of Extended Simple Sentences As A Teaching Writing Problem
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)The English sentence structure is composed of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. There is a type of simple sentence with extended phrasal modifiers that can occur at the beginning of the sentence, ... -
Choice Factors In Ma Elt Programs
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)The present study has been carried out in order to determine professional targets of M. A. ELT program students, the factors that are influential in deciding to start M. A. ELT studies, and the ones that are influential ... -
An Evaluation of the 9Th Grade Local and the International English Coursebooks in Terms of Language Skills and Components
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)The aim of this study is to evaluate 9th grade local and international English coursebooks used in Turkish high schools in terms of language skills and language components. This study is a replica of the study conducted ...
