Basılı metin en iyi seçim mi? Okuduğunu anlama üzerine karma yöntemli vaka çalışması

Okuma, sadece öğrencilerin okuma yazma becerilerini geliştirmesini değil, aynı zamanda bir dil içindeki söylemi kavramasını ve formüle etmesini sağlayan temel bir dil becerisidir. Diğer yandan, okuma eksikliği ise, anlama bozukluğuna yol açmakta ve öğrencilerin akademik ilerlemelerini önemli ölçüde etkilemektedir. Ekrandan okumanın, kağıtdan okumadan daha etkili olduğunu öne süren çalışmaların sayısı her geçen gün artmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, ekrandan okumanın İngilizce'de okuduğunu anlama üzerindeki etkilerini ortaya koymaktır. Çalışma, bir devlet üniversitesinde İngilizce Öğretmenliği lisans programında öğrenim gören 30 birinci sınıf öğrencisi ile yürütülen karma yöntemli vaka çalışmasıdır. Veri toplama aracı olarak performans testleri ve yazılı görüş formları kullanılmıştır. Çalışma öncesinde altı farklı okuma metni belirlenmiştir. Bunlardan ikisi basılı ve dördü dijitaldir. Pdf formundaki dijital metinlerden ikisi düz metindir; diğer iki metin ise resimler ve bağlantılar ile zenginleştirilmiştir. Metinleri okuduktan sonra katılımcılar, araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan okuduğunu anlama sorularını yanıtlamıştır. Ayrıca her uygulamadan sonra katılımcıların yazılı görüşleri toplanmıştır. Veri analizi sürecinde performans testleri puanlanmış ve yazılı görüşler temalara ayrılmıştır. Sonuç olarak, en yüksek ortalama puanına sahip uygulamanın, basılı okuma metni olduğu belirlenmiştir. En düşük iki başarı ortalaması ise, çalışmanın üçüncü ve beşinci haftasında uygulanan metin resimlerine ve hipermetne bağlantılar içeren hiper metin olarak belirlenmiştir. Bulgulara göre, metinleri basılı olarak okuyan öğrencilerin, okuduğunu anlama testlerinde dijital metin okuyan öğrencilere göre önemli ölçüde daha iyi puan aldıklarını ortaya koymuştur. Buna göre; çalışma yabancı dil öğrenimi alanında okuduğunu anlama üzerine çeşitli pedagojik öneriler içermektedir.

Is printed-text the best choice? A mixed-method case study on reading comprehension

Reading is a basic language skill which is essential not only because it develops the literacy skills of the studentsbut because enables them to comprehend and formulate the discourse within a language. Lack of reading, on theother hand, causes impairment of comprehension and affects the academic progress of students greatly. The rangeof studies suggesting that screen-based reading has a greater effect than primarily paper-based isgrowing each day. Accordingly, this study aims to set forth the effects of screen-based versus paper-basedreading on reading comprehension of English. This is a mixed-method case study, conducted by a group of 30freshmen, majoring in English Language Teaching undergraduate program at a state-run university. As a tool fordata collection, performance tests and written opinion forms were used. Before the study, three different readingtexts have been specified. Of these, two were printed, and four of them were digital. Two of the digital text wasplain text (pdf); the other two texts were enriched with pictures and links (hypertext). After reading the texts, theparticipants answered the reading comprehension questions provided by the researcher. Besides, after eachapplication, the written views of the participants have been gathered. In the process of data analysis, performancetests have been scored, and written views are divided into themes. As a result, the success of the application withthe highest means score has been identified as the first and fourth reading texts, which were printed. The twolowest success means are identified as containing links to text pictures and hypertext. The findings additionallydiscovered that students who study texts in print, scored substantially higher at the studyingcomprehension tests than the students who study the texts digitally. All in all, this study involves severalpedagogical implications for reading comprehension in the field of foreign language settings.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.

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