TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developing EFL Learners’ Speaking and Oral Presentation Skills through  Pecha Kucha Presentation Technique
TT  - Yabancı Dil Olarak İngilizce Öğrenenlerin Konuşma ve Sözlü Sunum Becerilerini Pecha Kucha Yöntemiyle Geliştirme
AU  - Solmaz, Osman
PY  - 2019
DA  - October
DO  - 10.17569/tojqi.592046
JF  - Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry
JO  - TOJQI
PB  - Abdullah KUZU
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-6591
SP  - 542
EP  - 565
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
LA  - en
AB  - Thegoal of this study is to examine the potential of Pecha Kucha presentationstyle for English language learners who are prospective teachers of English.The participants were students enrolled in an advanced-level speaking course inthe English language teaching department of a state university in Turkeybetween 2016 and 2018. Students were required to make presentations in PechaKucha format, a fast-paced, time-constrained presentation technique. As part ofthe study, 102 students completed an open-ended survey and a total of 12students representing cohorts from each year participated in semi-structuredfocus group interviews. Thematic data analysis illustrated benefits of usingthe presentation style such as perceived development in speaking,self-confidence, time management and presentation skills, and drawbacksincluding an increase in anxiety, steep learning curve, and constraints due tothe format. In addition, the findingsshowed that English language teacher candidates recognized the technique’spotential and reported a high rate of intention to integrate it into theirfuture language teaching pedagogies. The study is concluded with the discussionof implications for EFL learners, pre-service language teachers, and educatorsin higher education context.
KW  - English as a foreign language
KW  - Pecha Kucha
KW  - pre-service English language teachers
KW  - teaching speaking
N2  - Bu çalışmanın amacı, Pecha Kucha sunum tekniğinin İngilizce öğretmeniolacak İngilizce öğrencileri için potansiyelini araştırmaktır. Çalışmanınkatılımcılarını 2016 ile 2018 yılları arasında Türkiyedeki bir devletüniversitesinin İngilizce Öğretmenliği bölümünde ileri düzey bir konuşma dersialan öğrenciler oluşturmuştur. Öğrencilerden hızlı tempolu ve zaman sınırlamalıbir sunum tekniği olan Pecha Kucha formatını kullanarak sunum yapmalarıistenmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında 102 öğrenci açık uçlu bir anket doldurmuş,farklı yıllarda bu dersi alan öğrencileri temsilen oluşturulan toplam 12öğrenci ise yarı yapılandırılmış odak grup görüşmesinde yer almıştır. Tematikveri analizi, bu sunum tekniğinin konuşma, özgüven, zaman yönetimi ve sunumbecerileri alanlarında pozitif bir gelişime, kaygı düzeyinde artış, zorluöğrenme süreci ve formatın sınırlılıkları gibi hususlarda ise negatif biretkiye sahip olduğunu açığa çıkarmıştır. Bunun yanı sıra, bulgular İngilizceöğretmen adaylarının tekniğin potansiyelinin farkına vardıklarını ve tekniğigelecekteki dil öğretim pedagojilerine dâhil etme konusunda yüksek oranda birniyete sahip olduklarını belirttiklerini göstermiştir. Çalışma,yükseköğretimdeki eğitmenler, yabancı dil öğretmen adayları ve yabancı dilöğrencileri için çıkarımların tartışmasıyla sonuçlandırılmıştır.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.17569/tojqi.592046
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/841286
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