The present study was designed to investigate the effects of two scoring methods, namely analytical and impression, on the scores of the written outputs of students, then determine whether the use of analytical or impression ...

In this study, the activities in A1 level German language coursebooks for teenagers will be examined. Accordingly, “Schritt für Schritt Deutsch”, which is a local coursebook package written for the students studying at ...

Communication is an indispensable and important tool in all areas of human life. In times of rapid development and change in technology, communication and its content has changed dramatically in parallel with technological ...

The objective of this study is to identify the frequency of strategy use for foreign language learning undertaken by turkish students while learning German. In this context, the study intended to identify the use of language ...

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the writing tasks of A2 level students in accordance with the CEFR descriptors at Karabuk University, School of Foreign Languages. To that end, the writing tasks of the focus group, ...

The present study primarily aims at investigating the level of competence of pre-service Turkish teachers of English in the perception and employment of intonation patterns of If-clauses in English. It further aims at ...

Foreign language speaking anxiety has been a major obstacle influencing EFL learners’ oral communication performance negatively. It is therefore significant to alter the perceived mindset of learners regarding fear of ...

This qualitative study analyzed 47 L2 English argumentative essays written by Turkish students enrolled in the Department of English Language Teaching at Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey; in terms of the Toulmin's model of ...

This study investigated scoring results of writing exams assigned by raters so as to see how consistent and reliable scores can be acquired focusing on raters’ individual scoring results and different raters’ scoring results ...

The issue of demotivation in foreign language learning is a relatively new area that has recently gained attention. For success in foreign language learning, it is of great importance to determine the source of the ...