SÖZCÜK ÖĞRETİMİNİN ÖĞRENCİLERİN SAHİP OLDUKLARI SÖZCÜK SAYI DÜZEYLERİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacını sözcük geliştirme aktiviteleri sonucunda, iki grup öğrenci arasında sözcük sayı düzeyleri bakımından bir farklılığın olup olmadığının belirlenmesi oluşturmaktadır. Kontrol grubunda yer alan öğrenciler ek bir kelime çalışmasının yapılmadığı İngilizcede en sık kullanılan ikinci bin sözcüğü içeren normal müfredatı takip ederken, deney grubundaki öğrenciler ise İngilizcede en sık kullanılan ikinci bin sözcüğü içeren sözcük geliştirme aktivitelerinin normal müfredata entegre edildiği on dört haftalık programı izlemişlerdir. Bu araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, Yalova ilinde bir meslek yüksekokulunda 2010–2011 eğitim-öğretim yılında ikinci sınıfta öğrenim gören 88 erkek öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Bu çalışmada, Schmitt (2000) tarafından geliştirilen Sözcük Seviye Belirleme Testinin birinci versiyonu veri toplama aracı olarak kullanılmıştır. Uygulamanın ardından, deney grubu ile kontrol grubu arasında, sözcük sayı düzeyleri açısından deney grubu lehine anlamlı bir fark oluşmuştur.

Keywords

• sözcük sayısı
• sözcük geliştirme aktiviteleri
• sözcük öğretimi

THE IMPACT OF VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION ON VOCABULARY SIZE LEVELS OF STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the difference between two groups of students as regards to vocabulary size levels after the implementation of vocabulary enhancement activities. While the students in control group followed the regular curriculum including the second one thousand most frequent words in English, the students in experimental group had a fourteen-week schedule of vocabulary implementation with enhancement activities consisting of the second one thousand most frequent words in English integrated into the regular curriculum. The sampling of the study consists of the students from a vocational school in Yalova. A total of 88 male, second-grade students participated in the study in the academic year of 2010–2011. This study adopted Version 1 of the Vocabulary Levels Test (Schmitt, 2000) as an instrument to examine the students' general vocabulary size levels. After the implementation period, it was observed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and the control groups in favor of the experimental group in terms of vocabulary size levels.

Keywords

• vocabulary size
• vocabulary enhancement activities
• vocabulary teaching

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