Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners

Yasemin KIRKGÖZ, (Çukurova Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, İngiliz Dili Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, Adana, Türkiye)
Ahmet DOĞANAY (Çukurova Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Adana, Türkiye)
Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
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Yıl: 2003 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 24 Sayfa Aralığı: 35 - 48 Metin Dili: Türkçe İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners

Öz:
Bu makale, İngilizceyi bir yabancı dil olarak öğrenen yetişkin öğrencilerin, beyin yarıküre tercihleri ve öğrenme stillerini algılamalarını belirlemeye yönelik iki envantörden elde edilen sonuçları sunmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, öğrencilerin önceki dil eğitimleri, uzmanlık alanları ve dil kursu final notları değişkenlerinin beyin yarı küre tercihleri (analitik/global) ve öğrenme stilleri (görsel, işitsel, kinestetik) tercihleriyle ilişkilerini belirlemektir. Örneklem yoğun yabancı dil kursu alan, üniversitenin hazırlık sınıflarında okuyan 150 öğrenciden oluşmaktadır. Bu öğrencilerin 82 tanesi mühendislik, 50 tanesi sosyal bilimler ve 15 tanesi de temel bilimler alanındadır. Öğrenme stilleri tercihini belirlemek amacıyla Barsch Öğrenme Sitili Envanteri ve beyin yarıküre tercihini belirlemek amacıyla da Beyin Başatlık Envantörü araştırmada ölçme aracı olarak kullanılmıştır. Envantörlerden elde edilen verilen analiz etmek için, SPSS programında kay kare tekniği kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçları, araştırılan üç değişken ve öğrencilerin teşhis edilen öğrenme sitilleri tercihleri ve beyin yarıküre tercihleri arasında anlamlı bir farkın olmadığını göstermiştir. Bu sonuçların eğitsel doğurguları tartışılmış ve araştırma bulguları doğrultusunda öneriler sunulmuştur.
Anahtar Kelime: öğrenme stilleri dil eğitimi ikinci dil

Konular: Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

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Öz:
This article presents the results of two inventories that aimed to identify the perceptual learning style and hemispheric processing preferences of adult EFL learners. The specific purposes of this study were to identify the association of learning style preferences (visual, auditory, kinesthetic/tactile) and hemispheric preferences (analytic/global) to such variables as students' prior language education, field of specialization and final language course grades. The sample consisted of 150 adult students receiving intensive foreign language instruction, 82 of which were prospective students of Engineering, 50 of Social Sciences, and 15 of Basic Sciences. The instrument chosen to investigate learning-style preferences was Barsch Learning-Style Inventory, while the Brain-Dominance Inventory was employed to determine each learner's hemispherity. The statistical program used to analyze the inventories was SPSS, using Pearson chi-square statistical technique. The analysis of the inventories indicated that there was no significant difference between those students' diagnosed learning-style preferences and hemispherity and the three variables investigated. The educational implications of these findings are discussed, and suggestions are made on the basis of research findings.
Anahtar Kelime: second language learning styles language instruction

Konular: Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları
Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık
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APA KIRKGÖZ Y, DOĞANAY A (2003). Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. , 35 - 48.
Chicago KIRKGÖZ Yasemin,DOĞANAY Ahmet Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. (2003): 35 - 48.
MLA KIRKGÖZ Yasemin,DOĞANAY Ahmet Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. , 2003, ss.35 - 48.
AMA KIRKGÖZ Y,DOĞANAY A Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. . 2003; 35 - 48.
Vancouver KIRKGÖZ Y,DOĞANAY A Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. . 2003; 35 - 48.
IEEE KIRKGÖZ Y,DOĞANAY A "Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners." , ss.35 - 48, 2003.
ISNAD KIRKGÖZ, Yasemin - DOĞANAY, Ahmet. "Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners". (2003), 35-48.
APA KIRKGÖZ Y, DOĞANAY A (2003). Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 2(24), 35 - 48.
Chicago KIRKGÖZ Yasemin,DOĞANAY Ahmet Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 2, no.24 (2003): 35 - 48.
MLA KIRKGÖZ Yasemin,DOĞANAY Ahmet Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol.2, no.24, 2003, ss.35 - 48.
AMA KIRKGÖZ Y,DOĞANAY A Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2003; 2(24): 35 - 48.
Vancouver KIRKGÖZ Y,DOĞANAY A Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2003; 2(24): 35 - 48.
IEEE KIRKGÖZ Y,DOĞANAY A "Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners." Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 2, ss.35 - 48, 2003.
ISNAD KIRKGÖZ, Yasemin - DOĞANAY, Ahmet. "Exploring Learning Style and Hemispheric Processing Preferences of Efl Learners". Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 2/24 (2003), 35-48.
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