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İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN “ÇOCUKLARA YABANCI DİL ÖĞRETİMİ” DERSİ MÜFREDATI İÇİN EN ÇOK TERCİH ETTİKLERİ KONULAR

Year 2020, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 25 - 37, 25.02.2020

Abstract

“Çocuklara İngilizce Öğretimi” dersi her zaman İngilizce Öğretmenliği programlarının en önemli derslerinden biri olmuştur. 2018-2019 Akademik yılında uygulamaya başlayan yeni İngilizce Öğretmenliği Lisans programı ile, Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu, bu dersin ders saatlerini iki saati teorik ve iki saati pratik olmak üzere 4 saatten, sadece teorik konuları içerecek olan 3 saate düşürdü. Ders artık teorik konuları kapsayacağı için, bu çalışma bu derste öğretilecek en çok tercih edilen konuları belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada keşfedici sıralı karma yöntemden yararlanılmıştır. Çalışmanın anketini oluşturmak için, araştırmanın nitel kısmında 42 devlet üniversitesinin İngilizce Öğretmenliği öğretim programları içerik analizi yoluyla incelenmiştir. Ardından, frekans tabloları ve konular oluşturulmuş, alanında iki uzmanla görüşme yaptıktan sonra 51 temel konuya sekiz konu daha eklenmiştir. Son olarak, ankete ilişkin konuların son tablosu oluşturulmuş ve anket Google Formlarında düzenlenmiştir. Araştırmanın nicel kısmında, veri Türkiye'nin farklı şehirlerinden 266 öğretmen, öğretmen eğitimcisi ve öğretmen adaylarından toplanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın bulguları, katılımcıların görsel öğeler, oyunlar ve şarkılar kullanmanın, çocukların konuşma becerilerini geliştirmenin ve çocukları ve özelliklerini tanımlamanın, Çocuklara İngilizce Öğretimi için en önemli konular olduğunu düşündüğünü göstermiştir. Katılımcıların çalışma durumu, konu başlıkları tercihlerinde bazı önemli farklılıklar ortaya çıkarsa da, öğretmenlik deneyimleri açısından tercihlerinde anlamlı farklılıklar bulunmamıştır.

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EFL Teachers’ Most Preferred Topics for the Syllabus of the Course “Teaching English to Young Learners”

Year 2020, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 25 - 37, 25.02.2020

Abstract

The course “Teaching English to Young Learners” has always been one of
the most important courses of the ELT programs. Council of Higher Education
changed the course hours from 4 hours each two hours of which were theoretical
and practical to 3 hours which will basically deal with theoretical issues. As
the course will cover some theoretical issues, this study aims to determine the
most preferred topics to be taught in this course. The study follows
mixed-methods sequential exploratory research design procedures. To form the
questionnaire, ELT curriculums of 42 state universities were content analysed in
the qualitative part of the study. Then, frequency tables and topics were
composed. Eight topics were added to the 51 main topics after having an
interview with two experts in the field. Lastly, the final table of topics for
the questionnaire was formed and the questionnaire was created in Google Forms.
In the quantitative part of the study, the data has been collected from 266
teachers, teacher educators and pre-service teachers from different cities of
Turkey. The findings of this study showed that the participants think using
visual items, games and songs, developing children’s speaking skill and
defining young learners and their characteristics are the most important topics
for Teaching English to Young Learners. While participants’ work status
revealed some significant differences in their’ topic preferences, there were
no significant differences in terms of their teaching experience. At the end of
the study, some suggestions for ELT and for further studies were provided.

References

  • Allen, V. F. (1983). Techniques in vocabulary teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Atas, U. (2019). The effects of using games and visual aids in learning foreign language vocabulary. ELT Research Journal, 8(1), 2-21.
  • Bryman, A. (2004). Triangulation. In M. S. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman & T. Futing Liao (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopaedia of Social Science Research Methods (Vols. 1-3). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
  • Cameron, L. (2001). Teaching languages to young learners. UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA, US: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Çakır, D. I. (2006). The use of video as an audio-visual material in foreign language teaching classroom. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 5(4), 67-72.
  • Dogan, S. H., & Cephe, P. T. (2018). A suggested syllabus for creative drama course in ELT. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 14(2), 305-324.
  • Gardner, H. (1999). Intelligence reframed: Multiple intelligences for the 21st century. New York, NY: Basic Books.
  • Gündüz, N. (2005). A suggested syllabus for the course ‘introduction to British literature at ELT departments. Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, (14), 301-310.
  • Gürbüz, A. (2013). Proposing a syllabus desıgn for oral communicative classes regarding teachers’ and students’ perceptions of modified output. (Unpublished Master’s thesis), University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep
  • Halliwell, S. (1992). Teaching English in the primary classroom. New York: Longman.
  • Harmer, J. (2007). The practice of English language teaching. Harlow: Pearson Longman,
  • Ivankova, N. V., Creswell, J. W., & Stick, S. L. (2006). Using mixed methods sequential explanatory design: From theory to practice. Field Methods, 18(1), 3–20.
  • Kabadayı, A. (1996). A suggested model ESP syllabus for the learners at tourism business and hotel management colleges in Turkey. (Unpublished Master’s thesis), Gazi University, Ankara.
  • Kıdoğlu, A. (2008). A suggested syllabus design for “Text Types I” course in the department of translation and interpretation at Hacettepe University. (Unpublished Master’s thesis), Hacettepe University, Ankara.
  • Lee, S. K. (1995). Creative games for the language class. Forum, 33(1), 35.
  • McKay, P. (2006). Assessing young language learners. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Meyer, D. Z. & Avery, L. M. (2009). Excel as a Qualitative Data Analysis Tool. Field Methods, 21(1), 91-112.
  • Murphey, T. (1992). The discourse of pop songs. TESOL Quarterly, 26(4), 770-774.
  • Slattery, M., & Willis, J. (2001). English for primary teachers. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
  • Tarakçıoğlu, A. Ö., & Tunçarslan, H. T. (2014) The effect of short stories on teaching vocabulary to very young learners (aged 3-4-year): A suggested common syllabus. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 10(2), 67-84.
  • White, R.V. (1975). The language, the learner and the syllabus. RELC Journal, 6(1), June 1975.
  • Wright, A., Betteridge, D., & Buckby, M. (2005). Games for language learning (3rd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Venkatraman, G., & Prema, P. (2007). English language skills for Engineering students: A needs survey. Retrieved from http://www.esp-world.info/Articles_16/Skills.htm
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Primary Language English
Subjects Other Fields of Education
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Kürşat Cesur 0000-0001-5091-9793

Fatma Bulanık This is me 0000-0001-9671-8188

Publication Date February 25, 2020
Submission Date September 4, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 2 Issue: 1

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APA Cesur, K., & Bulanık, F. (2020). EFL Teachers’ Most Preferred Topics for the Syllabus of the Course “Teaching English to Young Learners”. International Journal of Educational Spectrum, 2(1), 25-37.

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