Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce sınıflarında demokrasi

Demokrasi aslında özgürlükle ilgili düşünce ve normlar topluluğudur, fakat aynı zamanda tarih boyunca oluşturulmuş bir takım süreç ve yöntemleri de içerir. Kısacası demokrasi kurumsallaşmış standart bir özgürlük biçimidir. Demokratik bir topluluk, konuşma hakkı olmadan mümkün değildir. Konuşma özgürlüğü, insanlara devlet kurumlarının sorumluluklarını nasıl yerine getirmeleri gerektiği konusundaki taleplerini açıklamalarını sağlar. Buna göre, bu çalışma, fenomenolojik bir gelenekte öğrencilerin kavramsal temellerini incelemektedir. Araştırmanın verileri Yıldırım ve Türkoğlu (2017) tarafından tasarlanan bir anket ve araştırmacı tarafından tasarlanan yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme soruları ile toplanmıştır. Karma yöntem araştırma tasarımına dayanan bu çalışma gerekli verileri toplamak için nitel ve nicel araştırma tekniklerinden yararlanmıştır. Çalışmaya gönüllü olarak Türkiye'de bir devlet üniversitesinde okuyan 180 yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğrencisi katılmıştır (anket için N = 160 ve görüşme için N = 20). Araştırmada, mümkün olan ilk veri kaynağının ilave bir gereklilik olmadan kullanıldığı bir örnekleme türü olan, Uygunluk Örnekleme Yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonunda yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğrencilerinin demokrasi ve demokratik vatandaşlık konusundaki farkındalıklarını artırmaya yönelik çıkarımlar sunulmuştur.

Democracy in EFL classrooms

In the simplest term, democracy may be defined as a set of views and standards towards freedom, however itincludes an array of approaches which have been framed over the history of mankind. In short, democracy is thesystematized form of freedom. A democratic country is not possible without the freedom of expression. Freedomof expression fosters publics to clearly put forward their demands on how the authorities should perform theirduties. Thus, this study inquires the visionary underpinnings of third persons in a phenomenological custom. Thedata of the study were gathered through a questionnaire designed by Yildirim and Türkoğlu (2017) and semistructured interview questions structured by the researchers. Through a mix method research design, this paperemployed both qualitative and quantitative ways to collect the required data. 180 EFL prep-class students at a stateuniversity in Turkey participated in the study. 160 of the informants responded to the questionnaire while 20informants answered the semi-structured interview questions. Convenience sampling, where the very firstaccessible data is employed, was utilized in the study. The findings of the study show that the need of democraticparticipation is felt in EFL classrooms. Related implications to raise the awareness of EFL students and teacherson democracy and democratic citizenship were given at the end of the paper.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.

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