Research Article

Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement

Volume: 19 Number: 83 October 31, 2019
  • Filiz Yalcin Tılfarlıoglu
  • Vasif Karagucuk
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Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement

Abstract

Purpose: To our knowledge, the present study is the first experimental example of the application of innovative Lean Educational Method (LEM) in middle school English classes in Turkey. How to learn and teach foreign languages has become the preoccupation of teachers, researchers, educational authorities, parents, and students. All of the stakeholders in the education processes want to satisfy the learning needs of the students ideally. As a result of the relevant efforts, many teaching methods emerged in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). In this regard, this study primarily aims to introduce LEM and present its efficiency through an experiment. 


Methods: To question the effects of LEM in English lessons, this experimental study was conducted. A control group (40 students), and an experimental group (40 students) were chosen through random cluster sampling in a public middle school. The experimentation process continued for 19 weeks. Statistical analyses of the collected data were conducted using descriptive statistics and the variance analyses carried out using one-way ANOVA.

Findings: The findings showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups (control group’s pre-test mean=8.9, sd=3.801 / post-test mean=8.775, sd=4.293; experimental group’s pre-test mean=8.45, sd=4.437 / post-test mean=13.375, sd=3.998). Variance analyses of the pre-test and the post-test showed a statistically significant difference in the dependent variable (F=27.197, p<.05).


Implications for Research and Practice: The results showed that the implementation of LEM in middle school contexts is quite possible. LEM has the potential to bring many innovations to ELT and it also increases the foreign language achievement in nation-wide public exams. LEM can be applied in other educational contexts such as; primary schools, high schools and universities. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Filiz Yalcin Tılfarlıoglu This is me

Vasif Karagucuk This is me

Publication Date

October 31, 2019

Submission Date

November 19, 2019

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 19 Number: 83

APA
Tılfarlıoglu, F. Y., & Karagucuk, V. (2019). Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 19(83), 209-230. https://izlik.org/JA53JM57KL
AMA
1.Tılfarlıoglu FY, Karagucuk V. Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2019;19(83):209-230. https://izlik.org/JA53JM57KL
Chicago
Tılfarlıoglu, Filiz Yalcin, and Vasif Karagucuk. 2019. “Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19 (83): 209-30. https://izlik.org/JA53JM57KL.
EndNote
Tılfarlıoglu FY, Karagucuk V (October 1, 2019) Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19 83 209–230.
IEEE
[1]F. Y. Tılfarlıoglu and V. Karagucuk, “Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement”, Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 19, no. 83, pp. 209–230, Oct. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA53JM57KL
ISNAD
Tılfarlıoglu, Filiz Yalcin - Karagucuk, Vasif. “Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 19/83 (October 1, 2019): 209-230. https://izlik.org/JA53JM57KL.
JAMA
1.Tılfarlıoglu FY, Karagucuk V. Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2019;19:209–230.
MLA
Tılfarlıoglu, Filiz Yalcin, and Vasif Karagucuk. “Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 19, no. 83, Oct. 2019, pp. 209-30, https://izlik.org/JA53JM57KL.
Vancouver
1.Filiz Yalcin Tılfarlıoglu, Vasif Karagucuk. Implementing Innovative Lean Educational Method to Enhance English Language Achievement. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research [Internet]. 2019 Oct. 1;19(83):209-30. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA53JM57KL