Ortak günce kullanımının yabancı dilde yazılı metin üretimine etkisi
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2008
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Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
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The aim of this study is to analyze and evaluate the effects of using dialogue journals on developing writing skills of students learning a foreign language.This study has been administered over a fifteen- week period in 2006- 2007 to the two ninth-grade groups at an Anatolian High School, located in Ankara.An experimental research method is used in this study and two groups, which are called the control and the experimental groups, have been used for the implementation. There are 30 students in the experiment group and 30 students in the control group. After the study has been completed, the quantitative data analysis, for independent groups t ? test is conducted.This study has attempted to examine (1) the total word increase difference, (2) the total adjective increase difference, (3) the total adverb increase difference, (4) the total noun increase difference, (5) the total verb increase difference, and (6) the total conjunction increase difference between the class which used Dialogue Journals for developing writing skills in a foreign language and the one which used only traditional approaches for developing writing skills in a foreign language.Findings of the study could be summarized as follows:1) Statistical significant difference has been found on students? total word increase, total adjective increase, total noun increase, total adverbs increase, total conjunction increase in favor of the experiment group.2) Statistical significant difference was not found on students total verb increase in favor of the experiment group.Dialogue journal writing is a strategy for activating language out of class. Students can conduct dialogue journals with their teachers via the internet or with the help of a small notebook, so that they can communicate authentically and learn to use language appropriately.Keywords: writing Skills, Whole Language Learning, Dialogue Journal
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Tüm Dil Öğrenme Yaklaşımı, Yabancı Dilde Yazma Becerisi