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The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students

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The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students

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This research sought to investigate Turkish university students’ use of hedging as regards to the function and meaning. The devices used in this study were ‘I mean’, ‘sort of/kind of’, ‘just’, ‘like’, ‘I think’, ‘I guess’, ‘I don’t know’, ‘you know’, ‘or something/or something like that’. These are ranked as the most frequently used ones according to Michigan Corpus of American Spoken English (MICASE) and Cambridge and Nottingham Corpus of Discourse in English (CANCODE) corpora findings. A total number of 17 senior university students from the English Language Teaching (ELT) department of a major university in Turkey contributed to this study. A questionnaire developed by Kot (2015), including three main sections, was administered to the participants in order to disclose their attitudes and awareness of hedging devices in spoken texts. The findings showed that the ELT students were not actually aware of the function of hedging devices in spoken contexts although they reported to use them frequently both in L1 and L2 in the quantitative section of the questionnaire. This might refer to the deficiencies in the pragmatic aspects of teacher education approaches. Furthermore, this article provides insights into the pedagogical implications for language teacher education programs by building on the relevant literature.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Alan Eğitimleri

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

25 Şubat 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

25 Ağustos 2019

Kabul Tarihi

18 Ekim 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Çoban, M. (2020). The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students. International Journal of Educational Spectrum, 2(1), 38-48. https://doi.org/10.47806/ijesacademic.610477
AMA
1.Çoban M. The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students. IJES. 2020;2(1):38-48. doi:10.47806/ijesacademic.610477
Chicago
Çoban, Mustafa. 2020. “The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students”. International Journal of Educational Spectrum 2 (1): 38-48. https://doi.org/10.47806/ijesacademic.610477.
EndNote
Çoban M (01 Şubat 2020) The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students. International Journal of Educational Spectrum 2 1 38–48.
IEEE
[1]M. Çoban, “The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students”, IJES, c. 2, sy 1, ss. 38–48, Şub. 2020, doi: 10.47806/ijesacademic.610477.
ISNAD
Çoban, Mustafa. “The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students”. International Journal of Educational Spectrum 2/1 (01 Şubat 2020): 38-48. https://doi.org/10.47806/ijesacademic.610477.
JAMA
1.Çoban M. The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students. IJES. 2020;2:38–48.
MLA
Çoban, Mustafa. “The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students”. International Journal of Educational Spectrum, c. 2, sy 1, Şubat 2020, ss. 38-48, doi:10.47806/ijesacademic.610477.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Çoban. The Use of Hedging Devices in Spoken Discourse by Turkish University Students. IJES. 01 Şubat 2020;2(1):38-4. doi:10.47806/ijesacademic.610477