Vocabulary Teaching to Primary School Students via Translanguaging
Öz
Translanguaging encompasses multiple aspects of multilingualism, including the utilization of learners' linguistic resources, interactions between the mother tongue and additional languages, and its role as a pedagogical strategy for language learning. In this study, translanguaging is conceptualized as a pedagogical tool. This study focused on teaching English vocabulary to Turkish primary school students using translanguaging methods. This study aimed to examine the effects of translanguaging as a pedagogical strategy for vocabulary instruction in primary language education. The study involved 41 fourth-grade students from a private primary school in Antalya, Türkiye (Turkey). A four-week vocabulary teaching plan that incorporated translanguaging activities was implemented. Prior to the intervention, both the control and experimental groups completed a pre-test to assess their English vocabulary knowledge. A post-test was administered to both groups at the end of the intervention. Data from the pre- and post-tests were analyzed using t-test procedures. The findings indicate that both translanguaging and English-only instructional approaches are effective in teaching English vocabulary to primary school students.
Anahtar Kelimeler
English as a Foreign Language, Vocabulary Teaching, Primary School Students, Translanguaging
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