An Innovative Tehnique in Teaching and Learning English for Turkey: Boray Technique (BT)
Abstract
Communication networks which are stemmed from the
needs of a globalized world made communicating in English a necessity. English lesson, since English is widely used
by the masses in the globalized world, has become a must in education starting
from the beginning of the primary school up to the end of university. After the foundation of the republic in
Turkey, various approaches and programs have been put in place in teaching
English. However, although it is one of the crucial part of curriculum, student levels of using English have never
met the expectations. Students especially fall short of speaking at the very
end of university after receiving English lessons starting from the
kindergarten and primary school. Boray Technique (BT)) has been developed
authentically to meet this unique demand.
It aims to assist Turkish
students in learning English by focusing on speaking. It is first of its kind
in the sense that no other method enables the students to overcome speaking and
let them gain confidence starting right from the first lesson. The students
take it like breakthrough. It has such a positive effect on their
self-confidence in no time because it directly tackles the problems unique to
Turkish students. The aim of this study is to present what Boray technique
is. The importance of the study is
related to that a new technique is shared in teaching English area. Boray
technique, which is explained in this article, is designed to solve the special
problem which is stated as “I can
understand but I can not
understand in English.” İn Turkey. The research done about Boray technique in
last five years is focused on both dimensions of learning, cognitive and
affective domains.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Kamil Arif Kırkıç
İSTANBUL SABAHATTİN ZAİM ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye
Taner Boray
This is me
Ümraniye Özel Bilgiçağı Ortaokulu
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 30, 2017
Submission Date
September 10, 2017
Acceptance Date
August 14, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 3 Number: 3