TY  - JOUR
TI  - Turkish tertiary level EFL learners’ recognition of relative clauses
AB  - This research study investigated Turkish Tertiary Level EFL learners’ recognition level of relative clauses. Thestudy also examined the difficulty level of types of relative clause constructions for Turkish EFL learners and theeffect of instruction on the learners’ acquisition of English relative clauses. The data were gathered from twodifferent tests (a pre-test and a post-test) given to 30 philology students studying at the Preparatory School atHacettepe University. The data obtained from the pretest indicated that the participants needed remedial teaching;therefore, “relative clauses” were taught to students through six-hour form-focused class instruction. Two weekslater, the post-test was administered to the participants to assess the effectiveness of instruction on students’identification level of relative clauses. The data collected from the tests were analyzed quantitatively using SPSS.Findings showed that although most of the participants are good at identifying relative clauses, it is noteworthythat their recognition level of relative clauses changed significantly according to the various types of relative clauseconstructions. In addition, the results showed that the explicit instruction facilitated the acquisition of relativeclauses to a great extent. Results of this study may provide English instructors and EFL curriculum designers withrelevant information about teaching and learning of English relativization, and emphasizes the necessity of formfocused instruction.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.
AU  - KOÇAK, ARZU
DO  - 10.17263/jlls.850976
PY  - 2020
JO  - Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
SN  - 1305-578X
SP  - 1637
EP  - 1655
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/395241
ER  -