Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language

KORKMAZGIL, SIBEL

doi:10.31464/jlere.1286980

Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language

Sibel KORKMAZGİL (Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü, Sivas, Türkiye)

Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi

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Yıl: 2023 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 474 - 491 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.31464/jlere.1286980 İndeks Tarihi: 21-12-2023

Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language

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Unearthing pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards coursebooks might well have important implications both for pre- and in-service teacher education since of all the wide range of materials used in English language teaching (ELT), coursebooks are still the most widely used materials in school settings. In this regard, this study aims to surface pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ beliefs on coursebooks through metaphorical language. Data gathered from 129 Turkish pre-service teachers of English are presented and discussed in the present study. Qualitative content analysis was employed in this study to analyze the metaphors provided by the pre-service EFL teachers. The participants produced 70 different metaphors for coursebooks and data analysis revealed seven conceptual categories: Guidance, Resource, Support, Access to New Opportunities, Worthlessness, Restrictions and Boredom. The participants produced mostly positive metaphors for coursebooks and saw coursebooks as a support and guide for language education.

Anahtar Kelime: metaphors coursebooks pre-service EFL teachers ELT materials

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APA	KORKMAZGIL S (2023). Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language. Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi, 9(2), 474 - 491. 10.31464/jlere.1286980
Chicago	KORKMAZGIL SIBEL Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language. Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 9, no.2 (2023): 474 - 491. 10.31464/jlere.1286980
MLA	KORKMAZGIL SIBEL Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language. Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol.9, no.2, 2023, ss.474 - 491. 10.31464/jlere.1286980
AMA	KORKMAZGIL S Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language. Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2023; 9(2): 474 - 491. 10.31464/jlere.1286980
Vancouver	KORKMAZGIL S Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language. Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2023; 9(2): 474 - 491. 10.31464/jlere.1286980
IEEE	KORKMAZGIL S "Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language." Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi, 9, ss.474 - 491, 2023. 10.31464/jlere.1286980
ISNAD	KORKMAZGIL, SIBEL. "Eliciting Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Views on Coursebooks Through Metaphorical Language". Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi 9/2 (2023), 474-491. https://doi.org/10.31464/jlere.1286980