İngiliz Dili Eğitimi nde Blog Tabanlı Yürütülen Yöntem Dersi
Eğitimde teknolojinin kullanımı, tartışılmaz bir olgudur ve bu alanda günden güne teknolojinin artan etkisi görülmektedir. Bu çalışma, böyle bir etkinin İngiliz Dili Eğitimi ve öğretmen yetiştirme alanında ne düzeyde olduğu ve öğrenciler tarafından nasıl karşılandığını temel almaktadır. Bu çalışmayı yürüten araştırmacılar ve katılımcılar blog platformunu temel alarak Çocuklara Yabancı Dil Öğretimi dersini işlemişlerdir. Bu çalışma, İngiliz Dili Eğitimi Bölümü öğrencileri tarafından kullanılan blogların, öğrencilerin akademik ve sosyal hayatlarına ne gibi etkileri olduğunu ve bu konudaki deneyim ve görüşlerini dikkate almaktadır. Betimsel bir desen çerçevesinde oluşturulmuş bu çalışma, 2010-2011 eğitim-öğretim yılında, blog temelli Çocuklara Yabancı Dil Öğretimi dersini alan 36 katılımcının desteğiyle gerçekleştirilmiş olup, 341 blog girdisini içerik analizi çerçevesinde sunmaktadır.
Procedure of an ELT Course Enhanced by Blogging
The use of technology in education is an undisputable phenomenon. Day by day, we encounter a new aspect of the field where it begins to take effect. This observation has led the researchers to benefit from technology in the implementation of an English language teaching course where participants elaborated on peer presentations on a blogging platform. Thus, this study aims to delve into the process of this elaboration taking into account participants views of the blogging experience in terms of raising consciousness about certain aspects of the topics presented by course members who were students at the English Language Teaching (ELT) Department, University of Çukurova, all trained to be English teachers following their four-year education. This platform was established as a major part of an outside-class, task- fulfillment setting during the spring term of 2010-2011 academic year in order to elicit comments about the course, Teaching English to Young Learners. The process of commentary on topics in 341 posts on blogs, as was perceived and expressed by 36 participants, was depicted in this study.
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- ISSN: 1301-0085
- Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 3 Sayı
- Başlangıç: 1996
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