TY  - JOUR
T1  - “ALL IN ALL, I AM BILINGUAL” A STUDY OF BILINGUALISM
AU  - Canlı, Zeynep
AU  - Canlı, Bekir
PY  - 2016
DA  - April
JF  - International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching
JO  - IJLET
PB  - Bilim Eğitim Kültür Akademi Derneği
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2148-2705
SP  - 171
EP  - 179
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - The aim of the study is to investigate whether EFL instructors in a university preparatory school consider themselves bilingual, or not; and the reasons for the EFL instructors to consider themselves bilingual or not. For the purpose of the study, a qualitative research was carried out. Thirty EFL instructors participated in this study. The data were collected via an open-ended questionnaire. Analyzing the results indicated that most of the participants considered themselves bilingual. The results of the study emphasized the importance of awareness of being bilingual in order to empower EFL instructors, encourage them to use more L2 in the classroom, and raise their self-esteem as non-native speakers of English. The findings help instructors to make them less concerned about the grammar and focus more on communication, and explain their students that they would be bilingual too. This study might be pedagogical help and significance to teachers interested in bilingualism in EFL context.
KW  - Bilingualism
KW  - bilingual
KW  - EFL teachers
CR  - Verhoeven, L., & Vermeer, A. (2002). Communicative competence and personality dimensions in first and second language learners. Applied Psycholinguistics, 23 (3), 361-374.
Webster, N. (1961) Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language. London: Bell & Sons.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijlet/issue//1419124
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3657416
ER  -