TY  - JOUR
TT  - PRINCIPALS, PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PARENTS’ VIEWS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LIFE-FOCUSED FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PROGRAM WHICH IS DEVELOPED FOR PRE-SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
AU  - Uslu, Banu
AU  - Cagdas, Aysel
PY  - 2017
DA  - August
JF  - The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences
JO  - EPESS
PB  - ISRES Publishing
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2587-1730
SP  - 123
EP  - 137
VL  - 7
KW  - Pre-school
KW  - life-focused foreign language teaching
KW  - foreign language acquisition
N2  - The present study was carried out to determine the views and thoughts ofschool principals, teachers and pre-school children’s parents about the Life-Focused Foreign Language Acquisition Program (LFFLAP.) The research was carried out qualitatively. In order to collect thequalitative data, a semi-structured interview form, which was developed by theresearcher, was used. The collection of qualitative data was between December 1, 2015 and February 19, 2016. Interviews were done with 38participants. The participants were as follows: one principal, one assistantprincipal, four teachers and 32 parents. The qualitative data obtained in thestudy was analyzed by “content analysis” technique.Word Clouds Program was used to determine the relevantconcepts and distributions that emerged during the interviews. As a result ofanalysis of various data obtained from parents, teachers, and the schoolprincipal and assistant principal in the study, positive opinions regarding theLife-Focused Foreign Language Acquisition Program were found. The themes that emerged during the interviews are asfollows: active foreign language use, active transfer of foreign language,self-confidence in using foreign language, active interest/positive attitudetowards foreign language, improvement in self-expression/pronunciation, sharingwhatever is learned effectively, making progress actively in the foreignlanguage and multiple experiences in foreign language learning (visual,auditory, etc.). 
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