Linguistics and Language Analysis

Technology-mediated task settings are rich interactional domains in which second language (L2) learners manage a multitude of interactional resources for task accomplishment. The affordances of these settings have been repeatedly addressed in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) literature mainly based on theory…

• UFUK BALAMAN

Limited studies have been conducted on the effects of error correction on acquiring oral proficiency and the teacher’s role as error corrector. Thus, the present study aims to investigate English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ perceptions of error correction in their speaking classes, reasons and types of error…

• NURİYE DEĞİRMENCİ UYSAL
• SELAMİ AYDIN

Göçle gelen mültecilerin birçok sorunları olmaktadır. Bunlardan en önemlisi de iletişim, yani dil sorunudur. Göç ettikleri ülkenin dilini bilmek, mülteciler için iş bulabilmek, eğitimlerine devam edebilmek, hayatlarını daha düzenli bir şekilde sürdürmek demektir. Son yıllarda Türkiye’ye göç etmek zorunda kalan Suriyel…

• GÜLMİRA KURUOĞLU

Oral Literature of Tambo Minangkabau is mandatory utterances which are always delivered in any traditional ceremonies of Minangkabau society. Each ceremony should be conducted with the delivery of traditional speech called pasambahan . The main content of pasambahan speech is Tambo Minangkabau as a guideline of living…

This study aims to examine how taboo content affects language learner psychology and language learning gains in a multi-modal learning environment by using facial expression analysis. 40 Muslim language learners were initially asked about their opinions on pork and watched a subtitled cooking video including pork visu…

This study aims to do a comparative analysis of the writing errors of Turkish, Azerbaijani and Syrian university students studying in English preparatory classes in the context of grammatical, lexical and spelling errors. The data of this qualitative case study were obtained from the 15 English preparatory class stude…

• MUSTAFA POLAT

This study examines the effect of prompts and recasts in providing CF for the article errors by Kurdish-Arabic bilinguals who learn English as a third language. 39 lower-intermediate Kurdish-Arabic bilingual learners of English were tested on three tests: pre-, post-, and delayed post-tests. The participants were rand…

• FİLİZ ÇELE

This study investigates the role of peer interaction (PI) and peer corrective feedback (PCF) in developing EFL learners' grammatical competence regarding simple past tense. It is based on training university-level English preparatory class students in Turkey to interact with their peers and give oral corrective feedba…

• GONCA EKŞİ
• HATİCE OKYAR

This study aims to determine the suitability of the books to the principle of appropriateness for children. The research database, modelled in the form of case study, one of the qualitative methods, consists of a selection of 60 books that were randomly selected among the most read preschool children’s books, targetin…

• NETİCEYİ TAYYİBE ATEŞ

Despite their potential in language learning, films have not been covered adequately in academic research except some attempts to develop strategies. One of these strategies has been to compare film scripts and their translations, to identify chunks, technical terms, and creative language examples and to list them wit…

This paper aims to review the role of recipient design in interaction (speaking and writing) in second language classrooms and how the review can be used to offer some practical applications in second language classrooms will be discussed. Context and language are in a reflexive relation in communication (Vaez-Dalili,…

• CİHAT ATAR

This study aims to assess the contribution of digital poems by Yunus Emre—a prominent figure in Turkish-Islamic culture—created using Web 2.0 tools to language and values education from the perspective of teachers. Within the scope of the research, eight poems from Yunus Emre’s Divan, selected based on their appropria…

• KÜBRA ÖZÇETİN