Prof.dr. Natela DOGHONADZE, Assist. Prof.dr. Şaban ÇEPİK

IMPACT OF TARGET LANGUAGE CULTURE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Bu çalışma, yabancı dil öğreniminin öğrenenlerin hedef kültürle ilgili tutumları üzerine etkisini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma Gürcistan’daki Özel ve Devlet üniversitelerinden seçilen 150 öğrenci üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Veriler araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen Likert tipi anket ve Oller v.d. (1977) kullandığı anlamsal diferansiyel tekniği kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Bu ankette, katılımcılara Gürcü ve Amerikalı’ların kişisel özellikleri ile ilgili fikirleri tespit edilmeye çalışıldı. Bu amaçla, belirlenmiş olan 20 tane sıfat yansız bir şekilde 10 tanesi olumlu 10 tanesi olumsuz olarak sıralanmıştır. Olumsuz anlam taşıyan sıfatlarla ilgili bulgular etkisiz olmasına rağmen olumlu anlamlı sıfatlarla ilgili sonuçlar hipotezimizi destekleyerek, şu sonucu ortaya koymuştur; olumlu anlama sahip sıfatlarla ilgili elde edilen sonuçlar, hedef kültür ve ana dil üzerindeki tutumlarla ilgili olumlu bir etki oluşturmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Yabancı dil öğretim/öğrenim, Kültürel farkındalık seviyesi, yabancı ve anadil üzerindeki tutum

IMPACT OF TARGET LANGUAGE CULTURE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

This study addresses the influence of foreign language learning on learners’ attitude towards the target culture The sample of the research consists of 150 university students in state and private universities in Georgia Data were collected from a Likert type questionnaire developed by the researchers and a semantic differential technique used by Oller et al 1977 In this questionnaire the participants were asked to assess to what degree Americans and Georgians possess certain personality traits For this purpose 20 adjectives 10 with positive meanings and 10 with negative were offered in a random order The results dealing with adjectives with positive meanings supported our hypothesis that the cognizance level of the target culture has a positive impact on the attitudes towards the target and the native culture while the findings were inconclusive for adjectives with negative meanings Participants’ opinions about some specified personality traits of Georgians and Americans were tried to be assessed in this questionnaire Key words: foreign language teaching learning level of cultural awareness attitude towards the native and target culture

Keywords:

foreign language teaching/learning, level of cultural awareness, attitude towards the native and target culture,

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