Yaratıcı Hikaye Yazmanın İngilizce Öğrenenlerin Kelime Öğrenimi ve Kalıcılığı Üzerindeki Etkileri

Year 2024, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 514 - 535, 29.10.2024

Havva Nur Bozdoğan , Emrah Ekmekçi

https://doi.org/10.31464/jlere.1441076

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, yaratıcı hikâye yazımının hazırlık sınıfı öğrencilerinin kelime hatırlamaları üzerindeki etkisini belirlemek ve öğrencilerin kelime öğrenme ve ezberleme açısından hikâye yazma görevlerine ilişkin algılarını tespit etmektir. Çalışma, 34 orta düzey hazırlık okulu öğrencisi ile 8 hafta sürmüş ve karma yöntem deseni kullanılmıştır. Bağımsız örneklem t-testlerinin (ön ve son testler için) ve eşleştirilmiş örneklem t-testlerinin (ön, son ve gecikmeli testler için) analizi, yaratıcı hikaye yazmanın öğrencilerin kelime öğrenimini ve hatırlamasını etkili bir şekilde geliştirdiğini göstermiştir. Öğrencilerin yazılı geribildirimleri, yaratıcı hikaye yazmanın, bağlam içinde, daha yüksek bir katılım yüküyle, akılda tutmaya yardımcı olan yazma eylemiyle kelime öğrenmeyi sağladığı ve aynı zamanda bu kelimelerin nerede, ne zaman ve nasıl kullanılacağına ilişkin çeşitli faydalarını gördüklerini göstermiştir. Ayrıca çalışmada, ELT, ESL öğrencileri, öğretmenler ve ders kitabı yazarları için çbazı önerilerde de bulunulmaktadır.

Keywords

Yaratıcı öykü yazımı, kelime öğrenimi, kalıcılık, katılım yükü

The Effects of Creative Story Writing on EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning and Retention

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of creative story writing on prep school students' vocabulary recall and find the students' perceptions related to story writing tasks in terms of vocabulary learning and memorization. The study lasted 8 weeks with 34 intermediate prep school students, utilizing a mixed methods design. The analysis of independent-sample t-tests (for pre- and post-tests) and paired-sample t-tests (for the pre, post-, and delayed tests) indicated that creative story writing effectively improved students' vocabulary learning and recall. The written reflections of students also showed that the students reported the benefits of creative story writing in that it provides learning vocabulary in context, with a higher involvement load, with the act of writing that helps retention and also relates to pragmatics that caters to where, when and how to use that vocabulary. We offer implications for ELT, ESL learners, teachers, and course book writers.

Keywords

creative story writing, vocabulary learning, retention, involvement load

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