'Hand in hand with emotions a social and emotional learning program for EFL students

Duygusal Zeka (EI) teorisine göre, hayat sosyal, duygusal ve akademik becerilerin birlikte kullanımını gerektirmektedir. Bu nedenle özbilinç, motivasyon, kendine çekidüzen verme,empati kurma ve ilişkilerde ustalık gibi öne çıkan beş temel unsuruyla duygusal zeka öğrenme potansiyelini belirleyen önemli bir zeka türüdür. YADIM öğretmenleriyle yapılan görüşmelerde bazı öğrencilerin İngilizce derslerine karşı ilgisizlik (dersi ilgiyle takip edememe, öğrendiklerini tekrar etme ve ödev yapma konusunda isteksizlik, derse devamsızlık) eğilimlerinin olduğu gündeme gelmiştir. Ayrıca öğrencilerin öğrendikleri yabancı dili kullanacakları fakültelerdeki bölüm hocalarıyla yapılan ihtiyaç analiz görüşmelerinde de öğrencilerin daha başarılı olabilmeleri için bazı ekstra becerilere (özgüven, sosyal beceriler, kişisel farkındalık, motivasyon) sahip olmaları gerektiği vurgulanmıştır. Bu gerekçeler doğrultusunda YADIM öğrencilerinin daha otonom dil öğrencileri olabilmeleri amacına yönelik, onları duygusal zeka ile tanıştıran bir pilot çalışma yapmaya gereksinim duyulmuştur. Bu pilot çalışmada YADIM Hizmetiçi Eğitim Birimi (SDU) ve Program Hazırlama Birimi işbirliği yapmış ve duygusal zeka teorisinim bazı yaklaşımlarını, merkezde uygulanmakta olan İngilizce Hazırlık programına entegre edebilmek için “Duygularla El Ele” eğitim programı geliştirilmiştir. Öncelikle program öğrencilere tanıtılmış ve çeşitli aktivilerle sekiz hafta (bir blok) süreyle uygulanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda elde edilen bulgular, öğrencilerin okul ve iş hayatındaki başarıda duygusal zekanın gerekliliği ile ilgili kişisel farkındalıklarının yükseldiğini göstermiştir.

As the Emotional Intelligence (EI) Theory suggests, emotional intelligence requires the integration of complex set of social, emotional and academic skills essential for life. Considering this precious source of information, the Staff Development Unit and the Syllabus Team at YADIM (The Center of Foreign Languages at Çukuruva University, Turkey) collaborated to implement some ideas of EI Theory into the existing EFL curriculum. There were two main causes of starting this pilot study. Firstly, the results of the informal interviews with YADIM teachers showed that some YADIM students have a tendency to drop out from English classes either mentally, by not responding to the lessons attentively, being unmotivated about studying/learning English or physically (attendance). Secondly, there were the needs emphasized by the different lecturers at different faculties of Çukurova University in response to the needs analysis interviews carried out to reshape the contents of the EFL having been conducted at YADIM. These findings confirmed that some graduates of YADIM experience various difficulties regarding their self confidence, social skills, self awareness, and self motivation when they go to their departments to continue with their freshman courses in English. Therefore, the piloting of the ‘Hand in Hand with Emotions’ program aimed at introducing the ideas of emotional intelligence to meet students’ needs to become more autonomous language learners.

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