Improving Learners' Vocabulary Through Strategy Training and Recycling the Target Words

Bu çalışmada, strateji eğitimi ve sözcüklerin tekrar edilmesi yöntemleri kullanılarak sözcük öğrenen orta düzey ingilizce bilgisine sahip öğrencilerin bu yöntemi izlemeden sadece kitaptan sözcük öğrenen öğrencilerle karşılaştırıldığında sözcük öğrenmede daha başarılı olup olmayacakları araştırılmıştır. Çalışmaya Hacettepe Üniversitesi hazırlık okulunda 2 ayrı sınıfta ingilizce öğrenen toplam 51 öğrenci katılmıştır. Araştırmanın deseni öntest-sontest kontrol grubu şeklinde kurulmuştur. Öntest sonuçlarının ortalamalarının karşılaştırılması sonucu kontrol ve deney gruplarının öntestte ölçülen sözcük bilgisi açısından farklılık göstermediği anlaşılmıştır. Uygulama sonrası verilen sontest puanlarının ortalamaları karşılaştırıldığında ise deney grubu lehine istatistiksel olarak farklılık bulunmuştur. Bu da deney grubuna verilen eğitimin hedef sözcüklerin öğrenilmesinde olumlu etkisi olduğunu göstermektedir.

Öğrencilerin Sözcük Bilgisinin Strateji Eğitimi ve Sözcüklerin Tekrarlanması ile Geliştirilmesi

The purpose of this study was to determine whether an approach combining creating strategy awareness and recycling words will result in better vocabulary learning (delayed recall) of selected words than teaching vocabulary following the course book alone, for intermediate level English language learners. Two English language classes, a total of 51 students at Hacettepe University Preparatory School participated in the study. The study followed a pre-test post-test control group design. The comparison of the means of the pre-test scores of both control and experimental groups showed that the two groups were not significantly different in terms of their vocabulary proficiency on the tested items. After the treatment however, the post-test scores of the two groups showed significant differences. The results indicated that the treatment the experimental group received contributed to students’ vocabulary recall of the selected items positively.

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