Research Article

Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views

Volume: 13 Number: 5 December 31, 2023
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Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views

Abstract

Foreign language teaching is divided into general and special purpose language teaching. Foreign language education offers general language courses at five levels starting from A1 to C1. In addition to the four core language skills, grammar and vocabulary are also taught. Special-purpose language teaching is divided into two categories: professional and academic language. Academic language courses are also provided within a specific program and duration. This study compares general language teaching and academic language teaching based on learner views. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the study. In this context, the study data consists of the opinions of 64 learners in the Academic Turkish class at Sakarya University TÖMER. The learners were asked about the similarities and differences as well as the main features of these courses using a semi-structured interview form. The answers to the questions were analyzed by content analysis. This study identified 8 themes and 106 sub-themes. Although the themes occur at different frequencies in general language and academic language courses, the eight common themes are as follows: quality in teaching, purpose in teaching, subject in teaching, utilization of activities in teaching, language use in teaching, content in teaching, utilization of texts in teaching and process in teaching.

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Ethical Statement

This study is an original study; the preparation, data collection, analysis I have complied with the principles and rules of scientific ethics at all stages, including the presentation of information; I have cited sources for all data and information not obtained within the scope of this study and included these sources in the bibliography; We declare that we have not made any changes in the data used.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Turkish Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

January 5, 2024

Publication Date

December 31, 2023

Submission Date

October 31, 2023

Acceptance Date

December 21, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 13 Number: 5

APA
Aydoğdu, İ., & Göçen, G. (2023). Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 13(5), 933-959. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.1384013
AMA
1.Aydoğdu İ, Göçen G. Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views. SUJE. 2023;13(5):933-959. doi:10.19126/suje.1384013
Chicago
Aydoğdu, İsmail, and Gökçen Göçen. 2023. “Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching As a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 13 (5): 933-59. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.1384013.
EndNote
Aydoğdu İ, Göçen G (December 1, 2023) Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views. Sakarya University Journal of Education 13 5 933–959.
IEEE
[1]İ. Aydoğdu and G. Göçen, “Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views”, SUJE, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 933–959, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.19126/suje.1384013.
ISNAD
Aydoğdu, İsmail - Göçen, Gökçen. “Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching As a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 13/5 (December 1, 2023): 933-959. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.1384013.
JAMA
1.Aydoğdu İ, Göçen G. Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views. SUJE. 2023;13:933–959.
MLA
Aydoğdu, İsmail, and Gökçen Göçen. “Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching As a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views”. Sakarya University Journal of Education, vol. 13, no. 5, Dec. 2023, pp. 933-59, doi:10.19126/suje.1384013.
Vancouver
1.İsmail Aydoğdu, Gökçen Göçen. Characteristics of General Language Teaching and Academic Language Teaching as a Foreign Language: Learner’s Views. SUJE. 2023 Dec. 1;13(5):933-59. doi:10.19126/suje.1384013