TY - JOUR TT - Teaching vocabulary to Turkish young learners in semantically related and semantically unrelated sets by using digital storytelling AU - Aitkuzhinova-arslan, Ainur AU - Gün, Süleyman AU - Üstünel, Eda PY - 2016 DA - June JF - Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies PB - Hacettepe University WT - DergiPark SN - 1305-578X SP - 42 EP - 54 VL - 12 IS - 1 KW - çocuklara yabancı dil öğretimi KW - kelime öğretimi KW - anlam ilişkisi olan ve olmayan kelime grupları KW - dijital hikayeler N2 - Teaching vocabulary is a comprehensive process in foreign language learning requiring specific techniques of appropriate instruction and accurate strategy. The present study was conducted to examine the effects of teaching vocabulary to Turkish young learners in semantic clustering way through digital storytelling. To investigate this aim, six video stories were chosen and studied in sequence. The research was carried out with 25 sixth graders during 6 weeks. Totally 6 stories were presented by teacher: three of them were taught in semantically related and three of them were taught in semantically unrelated sets. SPSS 20 package programme was used to analyze all collected data. Learners developed their vocabulary at the end of both processes but with different ratio. Participants scored better at semantically unrelated vocabulary teaching process than semantically related vocabulary teaching process. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jlls/article/405560 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/440713 ER -