Bilişim ve iletişim teknolojileri araçlarının sınıf dışı ingilizce öğreniminde kullanımı: Voscreen örneği

Abstract

Technology affects every aspect of our lives. One of the foremost areas it influences is education. Technology is of great importance in the specification of methods, techniques and tools to be used in or out of classrooms. When a new technological tool or method is developed, older and less convenient ones are likely to be obsolete. In addition to this condition, students in today's world are referred to as digital natives because technology is integrated into their lives. In the light of these motives, it is an acknowledged fact that research and development on technology is crucial. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the shutdown of schools and forced education to be maintained online which makes research on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools to be used in learning more necessary than ever. There are numerous methods adapting technology to vocabulary teaching; however, finding suitable ones to implement has always been a heavy burden for language teachers. In order to fulfil the research need even just a little and to present an appropriate ICT tool to be used in vocabulary teaching, this thesis aims to analyse the effect of VoScreen tool on students' vocabulary achievements and attitudes towards ICT tools in general. The study can be classified as mixed method that has the characteristics of both quantitative and qualitative research designs. The quantitative dimension of the study is quasi-experimental, involving 8 weeks of treatment and preceded by a pre-test and followed by a post-test. The qualitative dimension of the study includes semi-structure interviews conducted with 5 participants. The implementation of the study took place in Mardin Artuklu University, School of Foreign Languages and included 82 preparatory class, A2 proficiency level students. After all participants took a vocabulary achievement test as the pre-test, 42 participants were asked to use VoScreen for 8 weeks. After the treatment process, all participants were asked to take the same vocabulary achievement test as the post-test. The results of the quantitative dimension of the study have indicated that participants in the experiment group have gotten higher scores from the post-test and there is a statistically significant difference between two groups' test scores. The results of the qualitative dimension have demonstrated students' various favouring attitudes and beliefs towards the usage of ICT tools in language learning. Lastly, it has been concluded that the utilization of VoScreen by instructors and students might yield notable benefits for vocabulary teaching and learning.

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Citation

@mastersthesis{bilisimveiletisimteknolojileri2021,
  title = {{Bilişim ve iletişim teknolojileri araçlarının sınıf dışı ingilizce öğreniminde kullanımı: Voscreen örneği}},
  author = {Altuğ, Süleyman Alperen},
  year = {2021},
  school = {{Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi}}
}

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TI  - Bilişim ve iletişim teknolojileri araçlarının sınıf dışı ingilizce öğreniminde kullanımı: Voscreen örneği
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