Exploring ELT Students' Perception of Mobile Phone through Figurative Language

Bu çalışmanın amacı İngiliz Dili Eğitimi lisans öğrencilerinin cep telefonlarına ilişkin algılarını ince-lemektir. Çalışmanın katılımcı grubunu Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi İn-giliz Dili Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı'nda eğitim gören 3. ve 4. sınıflardan toplam 139 öğrenci oluştur-maktadır. Çalışma kapsamında katılımcılardan ,benzetme' sözsanatını kullanarak ,Cep telefonu

İngiliz Dili Eğitimi Öğrencilerinin Cep Telefonu Algılarının Betimsel Dil Yoluyla İncelenmes

The aim of this study is to investigate, analyze and evaluate the mobile phone perceptions of ELT students by the help of figurative language. The participants of this study are Grade 3 and Grade 4 students of ELT Department at Samsun 19 Mayıs University, Faculty of Education, involving 139 students in total. In this research students were asked to use ,simile' as a figurative language and complete the sentence ,Mobile phone is as

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