İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi İngilizce Hazırlık Programının Değerlendirilmesi

Öz

Türkiye’deki üniversitelerde, hazırlık okulları öğrencilere lisans eğitimine başlamadan önce zorunlu ve isteğe bağlı dil eğitimini vermektedir. Bu çalışma İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu’nda 2016-2017 eğitim öğretim yılında verilen İngilizce hazırlık eğitimini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma karma desendedir. 131 öğrenci ve 4 öğretim görevlisi verilen eğitimi ders materyalleri, ders içerikleri, ölçme yöntemleri, ödevler ve öğretim görevlileri gibi açılardan değerlendirmiştir. Veri bir anket ve yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme soruları aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Anketin analizi betimsel istatistiklerle yapılmıştır ve görüşme verileri betimsel analiz ile incelenmiştir. Bulgular göstermektedir ki öğrenciler genel manada programın etkinliği konusunda kararsızdır. Ayrıca, kadın öğrencilerin, orta seviye (intermediate level) öğrencilerin ve isteğe bağlı olarak programa katılan öğrencilerin memnuniyetinin erkeklere, başlangıç seviyesi (elementary level) öğrencilere ve zorunlu olarak programa katılan öğrencilere göre daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İngilizce hazırlık sınıfları,program değerlendirme,yükseköğretim,yabancı dil olarak İngilizce

An Evaluation of the English Preparatory Program at İstanbul Medeniyet University

Abstract

At Turkish universities, schools of foreign languages provide compulsory and voluntary language education for college students before they start their programs. This study aims to evaluate the program implemented for the English preparatory classes at Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Foreign Languages during 2016-2017 academic year. This study has a mixed approach. 131 students and four instructors evaluated the program in terms of aspects such as the course materials, course contents, testing methods, assignments and the instructors. The data were collected via a questionnaire and semi-structured interview questions. The analysis of the questionnaire data was conducted via descriptive statistics and a descriptive analysis was carried out with the data from the interviews. The findings revealed that the participant students were indecisive about the effectiveness of the language program in general. Moreover, it was seen that the mean scores of the female students, the intermediate level students and the ones attending the program voluntarily were higher when compared with the males, the elementary level students and the ones attending the program obligatorily.  

Keywords

• English preparatory classes,program evaluation,higher education,English as a foreign language

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