Perceptions of Turkish school teachers on the use of mother tongue in EFL classes
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Дата
2021
Автори
Науковий керівник
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КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського
Анотація
The article focuses on the research into the opinions of Turkish school teachers whether the mother
tongue (L1) should be included or excluded in the foreign language classes. The problem under study has
been debated by researchers and there is no consensus on this controversial issue. It is stated that most of
the studies are conducted on the tertiary level, and there are very few ones on the primary & secondary
levels. Therefore, this study explores the perspectives of English teachers working in primary schools in
comparison to high schools affiliated with Turkish national education. It also investigates for which
language skills both of those groups find the use of mother tongue (Turkish) relatively effective and their
justification behind the use of L1 in their classes in which English is taught as a foreign language. A total
of 30 primary and 30 high school teachers working in Usak (Turkey) participated the study voluntarily.
The study has employed mixed-method and data were collected through a questionnaire developed by
Kuru and Tekin (2019). Moreover, semi structured interviews were conducted to obtain qualitative data
with randomly selected primary school (8) and high school teachers (8). By means of the Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), descriptive statistics were conducted and qualitative data were
analyzed thematically. Findings of the quantitative data indicated that majority of both primary and high
school teachers support the use of mother tongue in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes.
Additionally, there is no significance difference between the perceptions of primary school and high
school teachers regarding the use of L1. Finally, results of the qualitative data advocate the findings of the
quantitative data.
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mother tongue, primary school teachers, high school teachers, perceptions, semi structured interviews, рідна мова, вчителі початкових класів, вчителі середньої школи, сприйняття, напівструктуровані інтерв’ю
Бібліографічний опис
Dilek Durukan. Perceptions of Turkish school teachers on the use of mother tongue in EFL classes / Dilek Durukan, Ayhan Kahraman // Advanced Linguistics. – 2021. – № 8. – Pр. 5-15.