Language Awareness and Second Language Acquisition: Is there a link?

Abstract

The conceptual analysis of language awareness has been extensively investigated with varying connotations. The first objective of this research study is to investigate the extent of the interaction between the development of language awareness and second language acquisition. As a second objective, this study hypothesizes that the conceptual definition of language awareness, in terms of being a linguistic terminology, needed further clarification, and this could be explored through categorizing data that are derived from selected published articles into common themes. Process mapping research methodology iseffectively used in this linguistic study. The articles that are thematically explored within this research study are selected based on the fact that they used language awareness as a separate linguistic conceptual entity within the scope of their research. The results of this study suggest that a process modeling technique can be used to associate collected data within categories in order to show the common themes of language awareness. Even though the overall data were partly inconclusive due to lack of consistency in the terminological use of the term “language awareness,” this research study suggests categorical relationships in a conceptual process model and shows that language awareness has a positive impact on the language acquisition process.

Keywords

• Language awareness
• Metalinguistic awareness
• Process modeling

Dil Bilinci ve İkincil Dil Edinimi Bağlantısı

Abstract

Dil bilinci süregelen bilimsel çalışmalarda sıkça irdelenmesine rağmen farklı çağrışımlarda kullanılmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın ilk hedefi, dil bilincinin gelişimi ile ikinci dil edinimi arasındaki etkileşimin kapsamını incelemektir. İkinci amaç olarak; bu çalışma, dil bilinci kavramının dilbilimsel bir terminoloji olarak netlik kazanması gerektiği tezini savunmuştur. Dil bilinci üzerine yayımlanmış makalelerden elde edilen verilerin ortak temalara göre süreç sınıflandırılması yoluyla araştırılabileceği hipotezi savunulmuş ve ortak kavramsal temalar tespit edilmiştir. Bu dilbilimsel yayımda süreç haritalama araştırma metodu etkili bir biçimde kullanılmıştır. Bu araştırma çalışmasında; dil bilinci kavramı açısından incelenen makalelerde, dil bilinci bağımsız bir dilbilimsel kavram olarak kapsamlı irdelenmiş ve incelenmiştir. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları, dil farkındalığıyla ilişkili ortak temaları göstermek için toplanan verileri kategorilerle ilişkilendirmek için süreç modelleme tekniğinin etkili kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir. Araştırma çalışmalarında “dil bilinci” ibaresinin terminolojik kullanımındaki veriler kısmen tutarsızlık teşkil etse de; bu araştırma, kavramsal ve kategorik süreç haritalama metodu yöntemiyle dil farkındalığının ikinci dil edinim sürecine olumlu etkisi olduğunu göstermiştir.

Keywords

• Dil bilinci
• Metabilimsel farkındalık
• Süreç modeli

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