THE AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOUR OF TURKISH EFL LEARNERS IN USING MULTI-WORD VERBS

This study aims to investigate the avoidance behaviour of Turkish EFL learners regarding the proficiency levels of them and frequency levels of multi-word verbs. In this study, 112 participants that are currently enrolled at School of Foreign Languages Department at a state university in Turkey were given a Language History Questionnaire and Multiple-Choice Test. In this test, thirty pairs of Multi-word Verbs in single sentences were administered and the participants were instructed to fill in them choosing one of the items given. These items consisted of the expected multiword verb, its one word verb equivalent, distractor multi-word verb and its one word verb equivalent. The results obtained from paired sample t-tests show that Turkish EFL learners avoid using multi-word verbs. Another finding of this study is that the avoidance of multi-word verbs increases as English proficiency level gets lower. Additionally, the avoidance of multi-word verbs decreases as frequency level of multi-word verbs gets higher. It can be concluded that proficiency level of learners and frequency level of multi-word verbs affect learners‘ avoidance of English multi-word verbs.

İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRENEN TÜRK ÖĞRENCİLERİN ÖBEKSİ EYLEMLERİN KULLANIMINDAN KAÇINMA DAVRANIŞLARI

Bu çalışma, İngilizce öğrenmekte olan Türk öğrencilerinin yeterlik düzeyleri ve İngilizce öbeksi eylemlerin frekans seviyelerine bağlı olarak bu eylemlerin kullanımından kaçınma davranışlarını araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Türkiye‘de bir devlet üniversitesinde Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu'na kayıtlı 112 katılımcıya Dil Geçmişi Anketi ve Çoktan Seçmeli Test verilmiştir. Bu testte, otuz çift öbeksi eylemlerle ilgili olan soru kökleri katılımcılara sunulmuş ve onlardan boşluğa gelecek olan doğru seçeneği işaretlemeleri istenmiştir. Bu seçenekler, bir doğru cevap olan öbeksi eylem, bu öbeksi eylemle eşanlamlı olan tek sözcüklü eylem, bir çeldirici öbeksi eylem ve bu çeldirici öbeksi eylemle eşanlamlı olan tek sözcüklü eylemden oluşmaktadır. Eşleştirilmiş örneklem t-testinden elde edilen sonuçlar, İngilizce öğrenmekte olan Türk öğrencilerinin öbeksi eylemleri kullanmaktan kaçındıklarını göstermektedir. Bu çalışmanın bir diğer bulgusu, katılımcıların İngilizce yeterlik düzeyleri düştükçe, öbeksi eylemleri kullanmaktan kaçınmalarıdır. Ayrıca, öbeksi eylemlerin kullanımdan kaçınma, bu eylemlerin frekans seviyesi arttıkça azalmaktadır. Öğrencilerin yeterlilik düzeyi ve öbeksi eylemlerin frekans seviyesinin öğrencilerin İngilizcedeki bu eylemleri kullanmaktan kaçınma durumlarını etkilediği sonucuna varılabilir.

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