Having in mind that average person utters around 15 000 words a day we must treat our speaking skill as the most significant cognitive activity which encapsulates the quality of pronunciation, grammar (accuracy), lexical power (expression diversity),…
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate specifically designed teaching tools for linguistics courses at the university level. These tools are a part of research whose aim is to investigate the positive effects of the higher order cognitive functions…
Different kinds of research have been conducted on various aspects of communication strategies (CSs) that non-native speakers use when they lack the required linguistic item(s) in order to be able to maintain communication. Some of these aspects of…
The German literary works that deal with the separation of Germany in World War Two are not much deeply examined in Turkey for political reasons as such works concentrate on the deficiencies of nationalism. The aim of this study is to examine this…
Reading is a field that feeds all skills. Students gain experience in each reading process and they acquire the basic reading and writing skills at school. Then it becomes a habit of reading. Students improve their reading skills when they do an…
In the communicative model of language teaching, we should help our students develop authentic practice for real-life communication situations. The main objective of this session is to introduce a series of innovative and creative classroom…
During the last few decades, understanding the processes and strategies involved in L2/FL listening comprehension has received a firmly increasing attention. More specifically, the roles played by certain variables and the variance they might…
From 13th to 19th century the Ottoman Turkish with Arabic and Persian literature have been constantly on the agenda, and has experienced considerable debate around these two strangers. Some of the Turkish language for considering these two know some…
With the improvement of technology, many young people regard themselves as non-readers because they would rather engage in getting information from other forms of media such as the Internet, television, advertising, music, movies, video games and…
This study explains why multicultural in-service teacher training is important for teachers, who teach Turkish as a foreign language, and proposes approaches for their professional development. This in-service training is required for the purpose of…
