THE ROLE OF ORAL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS OF EARLY BILINGUALS

The nature of a specific spoken language as well as its orthography and the close relation between these two characteristics may influence phonemic awareness development (Durgunoğlu & Öney, 1999). In this respect,...

EXTENSION OF TEACHER KNOWLEDGE: DEVELOPING THE INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE OF PRE-SERVICE FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN TURKEY

Due to the increased interconnections among people, there has been an increasing awareness of the need to extend the knowledge of teachers to include global perspectives and cultural awareness. The objective of the...

South Korean EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Corporal Punishment in School: Cultural vs. Educational System Factors

USING WIKI-BASED PEER-CORRECTION TO DEVELOP WRITING SKILLS OF BRAZILIAN EFL LEARNERS

This paper focuses on a creative way of enabling learners to profit from writing, which is peer-correction through wikis. Learners are empowered with technological tools as a means of promoting a student-centred approach...

 A STUDY OF TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ BURNOUT AND PROFICIENCY LEVELS IN RELATION TO THEIR SEX

The present study examines high school students’ burnout levels. The main aims of the study are to investigate whether their burnout levels vary according to gender and grade levels, and to check the correlation betwe...