Abstract
This study aims at improving intermediate students’ sentence knowledge (simpleand compound sentences) by using computer-based activities. Moreover, this studyaims to find out the difference between students’ former sentence knowledge andtheir latter sentence knowledge after the treatment with computer-based activities.This research was conducted in the second term of 2011-2012 academic year atTOBB University of Economics and Technology, English Preparatory School,Ankara, Turkey. To conduct this study, the researcher used Pre- and Post-TestTechnique to observe the effects of computer-based activities. This study consists oftwo groups: control group and experimental group. The sample of the study included 80 preparatory students as 40 control group students and 40 experimental group students. (n=80; 41 males and 39 females). As a result of thestudy, there has been a significant difference between control group and experimental group in favor of the latter
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Abstract
Bu çalışma orta düzey öğrencilerin cümle bilgisini (basit ve bileşik cümleler) bilgisayar-tabanlı aktiviteler kullanarak geliştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Ayrıca, buçalışma öğrencilerin bilgisayar-tabanlı aktivite eğitiminden önceki ve eğitim sonrasındaki cümle bilgileri arasındaki farkı ortaya koymaya çalışır. Bu araştırmaTOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi’nde 2011-2012 akademik yılının ikinci(bahar) döneminde yürütülmüştür. Bu çalışmayı yürütmek için, araştırmacı bilgisayar-tabanlı aktivitelerin etkilerini gözlemlemek üzere, ön-test ve son-testtekniğini kullanmıştır. Bu çalışma iki grubu içerir: kontrol grubu ve deney grubu.Çalışma, 40 kontrol, 40 deney grubu öğrencisi olmak üzere, 80 hazırlık okuluöğrencisini kapsamaktadır (41 erkek, 39 kız). Çalışmanın sonucunda, kontrol vedeney grubu arasında sonrakinin lehine anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur
References
- Aarts, F. & Aarts, J. (1988). English Syntactic Structures. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
- Baugh, L. S. (1993). Essentials of English Grammar: A Practical Guide to the Mastery of English. Lincolnwood (Chicago), Illionis: Contemporary Publishing Group, Inc.
- Demirezen, M. (1998). From Sentence to Paragraph Structure. Ankara: Adım Publications.
- Jackson, H. (1982). Analyzing English: An introduction to Descriptive Linguistics. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
- Levy M. (1997). CALL: Context and Conceptualisation, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lutz, G. & Stevenson, D. (2005). The Writer’s Digest: Grammar Desk Reference: The Definitive Source for Clear and Correct Writing. Cincinnati, Ohio: FW Publications.
- Teschner, R., & Evans, E. (2007). Analyzing the Grammar of English (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
- Verspoor, M. & Sauter, K. (2000). English Sentence Analysis: An Introductory Course. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Co.
Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Linguistics |
| Journal Section | Research Article |
| Authors | |
| Publication Date | December 1, 2011 |
| Submission Date | January 1, 2012 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2011 |