İngilizce Yabanci Dil Öğrencilerinin Tartışmacı Yazılarında Zarfları Kullanmaları
Zarf kullanımında ustalaşmak çok çaba gerektirmektedir ve o dilin en gelişmiş kullanıcıları bile onların kullanımında zorluk çekmektedir (Narita & Sugiura, 2006; Peacock, 2010; Lei, 2012; Leedham & Cai, 2013). Bu araştırmanın amacı nispeten yüksek yabacı dil yeterliliğine sahip olan İngilizce yabancı dil öğrencilerin tartışmacı metin yazılarında ne ölçüde farklı zarf türleri kullandıklarını öğrenmektir. Bu maksatla, daha önceki eğitim yaşamlarında akademik yazma becerisi üzerine bir ders almış olan bir grup öğrenci seçilmiştir. Verileri elde etmek için, öğrencilere hedef dilde yönlendirilmiş bir yazma etkinliği uygulanmıştır. Bu araştırmada, veriler zarfların kullanım sıklığına bakarak nicel olarak incelenmiştir. Sonuçlar, İngilizce yabancı dil öğrencilerinin derece zarfları geriye kalan tüm söz bilimsel zarf kategorilerinden daha çok kullandıklarını göstermiştir. Ayrıca, öğrenciler akademik yazılarında zarfları fazla kullanma eğilimi göstermekte ve akademik yazı biçimine uymayan zarflar kullanmaklar. İkinci dildeki zarfların sistemli ve net bir şekilde öğretimine ve bu zarfların ikinci dil yazılarındaki anlam ve kullanımları konusunda öğrenci bilincinin arttırılmasına ihtiyaç olduğunu belirtilmiştir
EFL Learners’ Uses of Adverbs in Argumentative Essays
Adverbs require a great deal of effort to be mastered, and even the most advanced users of that language have difficulty in using them correctly (Narita&Sugiura, 2006; Peacock, 2010; Lei, 2012; Leedham & Cai, 2013). The purpose of this study is to find out to what extent relatively high proficiency level EFL learners use different types of adverbs in their argumentative essays. For this purpose, a group of students who have previously taken an academic writing course are selected. To collect the data, a guided writing activity is applied in the target language. The data is analyzed quantitatively by taking the frequency of adverb use. The results show that EFL learners tend to use degree adverbs more than any other semantic category of adverbs. They also tend to overuse adverbs in their academic writing and use adverbs that are not appropriate in the academic prose. It is implied that there is a need for systematic explicit instruction of L2 adverbs and for raising learners’ awareness in the meanings and functions of adverbs in L2 writing
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- ISSN: 1307-4733
- Yayın Aralığı: Yıllık
- Başlangıç: 2007
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İngilizce Yabanci Dil Öğrencilerinin Tartışmacı Yazılarında Zarfları Kullanmaları