Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: TED Üniversitesi, Lisansüstü Programlar Enstitüsü, Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Abd, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2023
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: ŞEBNEM CENGİZ
Danışman: Melike Ünal Gezer
Özet:
The present study was carried out to examine the
changes in phonological awareness skills among Turkish-speaking 1st and 2nd grade EFL learners following a children’s
literature based intervention program. The study adopted a pre-posttest
quasi experimental study design to examine the efficacy of the phonological
awareness instruction. A total of 145 Turkish 1st and 2nd grade English language learners at a private
school participated in the study. The phonological awareness skills of the
learners were evaluated through phonological awareness and skills test based on
14 different aspects of phonological awareness before and after the
intervention program. Students received phonological awareness instruction
twice a week during 40 minutes lessons for two months based on a phonological
awareness curriculum. The study results showed that both 1st and 2nd grade EFL learners improved their EFL phonological
awareness skills following the intervention. It was also found that 1st
graders showed more progress than the 2nd
graders. Finally, students across grade
levels the highest achievement was in rhyme production. The results granted
promising instructional implications for
future uses for the phonics-based storybooks to improve English
phonological awareness of young language learners.
Keywords: Phonological awareness, foreign language teaching, young learners, storybook reading, rhyme