Research Article

Vocabulary Teaching in English as a Foreign Language in Turkey

Volume: 7 Number: 2 December 21, 2018
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Vocabulary Teaching in English as a Foreign Language in Turkey

Abstract

Vocabulary has a crucial role in learning a language and using that language effectively. The purpose of enhancing vocabulary knowledge has attracted second or foreign language researchers’ interest from past to present and resulted in the developments of various vocabulary teaching methods, techniques and practices. This study aims to examine the studies conducted on vocabulary teaching in English as a foreign language and to identify the current tendency of English vocabulary teaching studies carried out in Turkey. The article studies published by Turkish researchers between 2013-2018 and directly related to the subject of this study have been selected with purposeful sampling and examined through meta-synthesis method. Every single study included in this meta-synthesis study has been reviewed through a content analysis method in terms of their purposes, research methodologies, samples, data collection tools, teaching practices and findings. Data gathered in this study have been presented in tables and figures with remarks on frequency. It has been found that the technologically supported vocabulary teaching studies has increased and enriched, vocabulary teaching in context is still of great importance, educational games protects its effectiveness on young learners for vocabulary teaching purposes and vocabulary learning strategies need to be taken into consideration in vocabulary studies. 

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 21, 2018

Submission Date

November 8, 2018

Acceptance Date

December 16, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Yuca, E. (2018). Vocabulary Teaching in English as a Foreign Language in Turkey. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 7(2), 907-924. https://izlik.org/JA44GW22DK
AMA
1.Yuca E. Vocabulary Teaching in English as a Foreign Language in Turkey. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2018;7(2):907-924. https://izlik.org/JA44GW22DK
Chicago
Yuca, Eda. 2018. “Vocabulary Teaching in English As a Foreign Language in Turkey”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7 (2): 907-24. https://izlik.org/JA44GW22DK.
EndNote
Yuca E (December 1, 2018) Vocabulary Teaching in English as a Foreign Language in Turkey. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7 2 907–924.
IEEE
[1]E. Yuca, “Vocabulary Teaching in English as a Foreign Language in Turkey”, Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 907–924, Dec. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA44GW22DK
ISNAD
Yuca, Eda. “Vocabulary Teaching in English As a Foreign Language in Turkey”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7/2 (December 1, 2018): 907-924. https://izlik.org/JA44GW22DK.
JAMA
1.Yuca E. Vocabulary Teaching in English as a Foreign Language in Turkey. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2018;7:907–924.
MLA
Yuca, Eda. “Vocabulary Teaching in English As a Foreign Language in Turkey”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2018, pp. 907-24, https://izlik.org/JA44GW22DK.
Vancouver
1.Eda Yuca. Vocabulary Teaching in English as a Foreign Language in Turkey. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 1;7(2):907-24. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA44GW22DK

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