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Akademisyenlerin Gözünden Türkiye'de ki İngilizce Eğitimi
(2019) Kasap, Suleyman
Öğretmenler sadece okullarımızın kalitesi için değil ayrıca toplumların şekillenmesinde hayati bir öneme sahiptir. Günümüz dünyasında ekonomik, sosyal, eğitim ve bilimin Lingua Franca’sı olan İngilizceyi öğrenmek artık kaçınılmaz bir durum haline gelmiştir. Ancak Türkiye’de İngilizce öğretimi istenen düzeylere bir türlü ulaşamamıştır. Bu çalışmada Türkiye’deki 6 farklı üniversitenin eğitim fakültesi İngiliz Dili Eğitimi bölümlerinde görev yapan (5 kadın, 5 erkek) -yaşları 35 ile 65 arasında değişen ve amaçlı örnekleme tekniği ile seçilen- 10 akademisyenle nitel yaklaşım çerçevesinde yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formları ile Türkiye’deki İngilizce eğitimi sorunu incelenmiş ve çalışma sonunda “Türkiye’deki İngilizce öğretimi“, “İngilizce Öğretmenlerinin Yeterlilikleri“, “İngilizce Öğretmeni Yetiştirme” ve “Nitelikli bir İngilizce Öğretmeninin Özellikleri“ temaları altında akademisyenlerden görüş elde edilmiştir. Katılımcılar Türkiye'deki İngilizce eğitimini ve öğretmenlerini yetersiz ve niteliksiz bulurken İngilizce öğretmeni yetiştirmenin önündeki temel sorunlar olarak; üniversite sınav sistemini ve eğitim bölümleri dışındaki bölümlerden (İngiliz Dili Edebiyatı, Mütercim Tercümanlık gibi) mezun olanlara formasyon yoluyla İngilizce öğretmeni olabilmelerini göstermiştir.
Anxiety in the Efl Speaking Classrooms
(Journal Language Teaching & Learning, 2019) Kasap, Suleyman; Power, Kelly Marie
There are times in which we can all experience feelings of anxiety when we are verbally communicating with others. However, anxiousness when speaking aloud is commonly found within the EFL speaking classroom. This study aims to determine in what forms this anxiety has been observed by teachers of EFL and experienced by students of EFL, how it appears to influence and impede the successful production of language, how the students' participation is affected and how the classroom and lesson at large appear to be affected, in English speaking classes in Turkey. In order to determine this, qualitative semi-structured interviews were used. Five teachers of EFL, who either focused purely on speaking or who regularly incorporated speaking into their lessons, were interviewed to learn in what ways they had observed anxiety in students when speaking English and any further impact this had upon other students and the lesson itself. Furthermore, five students of EFL with high levels of anxiety when speaking English were interviewed to learn the effects of anxiety upon them when speaking and how they felt it affected their ability to communicate. The results of the study showed that teachers observed such symptoms as visible discomfort and difficulty speaking in students. Students reported feelings of unease, feelings affecting their self-esteem and bodily sensations associated with anxiety. Communication was shown to be severely stunted by these feelings and their effects by reports from both groups. Participation in lessons was found to be strongly affected by speaking anxiety by both groups, and the speaking anxiety of anxious students was found to strongly affect other students and the atmosphere of the classroom. (c) Association of Applied Linguistics. All rights reserved
Attitude Towards the First Language and Its Effects on First Language Lexical Attrition
(2021) Kasap, Suleyman
This paper presents an investigation into the relationship between individuals‟ attitudes towards their mother tongue and lexical attrition. The paper is based on data from a study wherein 10 Kurdish-Turkish bilinguals were asked to narrate a well-known story in their mother tongue of Kurdish. These individuals were selected from among 104 participants according to their score on the Mother Tongue Attitude Scale (MTAS), a scale used to determine attitude towards mother tongue. In this study, quantitative and qualitative research methods were used together. The participants were asked to tell a story in Kurdish to assess their use of Turkish words while doing so. Additionally, the participants were also asked to evaluate their Kurdish speaking ability after telling the story. The results of the study showed participants with a low MTAS score resorted to borrowing more Turkish words and were able to access a smaller number of Kurdish words than the participants with higher MTAS scores and they suffered more from lexical attrition than their counterparts. Those with high MTAS scores, with a positive attitude towards their mother tongue, used smaller numbers of words borrowed from Turkish and had access to a richer lexicon with which to narrate the story.
A Discourse Analysis of Womensexuality in the Lyrics of an Anonymous Turkish Folk Song
(2023) Kasap, Suleyman
Bu nitel çalışma, geleneksel bir şarkı ve öyküsüne yerleştirilmiş toplumsal cinsiyet dinamiklerini ve toplumsal beklentileri incelemektedir. Bekâret ve kadının saflığı temalarına odaklanan araştırma, anlatıya yansıyan iktidar yapılarını, kontrolü ve kültürel sonuçları araştırıyor. Kapsamlı bir literatür taramasıyla, toplumsal cinsiyet çalışmaları ve bekaretle ilgili toplumsal normlar hakkındaki mevcut çalışmaları araştırıyor. Şarkı ve öyküsü, değeri bekâretine bağlı olan on beş yaşındaki Nazife karakterinin tasviri öne çıkarılarak analiz ediliyor. Toplumsal cinsiyet, feminist teori ve kesişimsellik teorilerinden yararlanan çalışma, anlatıda mevcut olan toplumsal normları ve iktidar dinamiklerini eleştirel bir şekilde yapısöküme uğratıyor. Araştırma, kadın cinselliğinin, kadının erdeminin bekçisi olarak hareket eden erkekler tarafından kontrol edildiği yönündeki ataerkil düşünceyi ortaya çıkarıyor. Ayrıca çalışma, geleneksel saflık beklentilerine uymayan kadınların karşılaştığı sosyal damgalanma da inceliyor. Kültürel ve tarihsel bağlamı analiz ederek şarkının kökeninde yaygın olan toplumsal cinsiyet dinamiklerine dair içgörüler sağlıyor. Bu araştırma, toplumsal yapıların kadınların eylemliliğini nasıl etkilediğinin ve toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğini sağlamak için toplumsal cinsiyet normlarına meydan okumanın öneminin anlaşılmasına katkıda bulunuyor.
Examining Color Recognition in the Kurdish Language: a Sociolinguistic Perspective
(2024) Kasap, Suleyman
This study employs a cross-sectional research design to explore color recognition among Kurdish participants, encompassing individuals from various age and education groups. The research aims to investigate patterns of color perception across demographic segments within the Kurdish population. Participants were selected from four distinct groups: elementary school graduates (elderly), high school students, university students, and university graduates. The study involved presenting participants with a list of color names in Kurdish and recording their responses to assess color recognition. Descriptive statistics, including frequency distributions and percentages, were utilized to analyze the data and identify trends in color perception. The total number of participants in the study was 274. Findings indicate a high level of familiarity with basic colors such as black, white, red, green, yellow, and blue across all participant groups, with recognition rates ranging from 85% to 96%. However, less common colors, including gray, orange, pink, and purple, showed varying levels of recognition among different participant groups. Gray was relatively better recognized compared to other less common colors, with recognition rates ranging from 8.93% to 15%, suggesting potential differences in exposure to color terminology among different age and education groups.
Foreign Language Anxiety and Gifted Students in Turkey
(Pegem Akad Yayincilik Egitim Danismanlik Hizmetleri Tic Ltd Sti, 2021) Kasap, Suleyman
Anxiety related to foreign language has been widely held in recent years and associated studies have found a negative correlation between language anxiety and the academic performance of English-speaking students. Whenever foreign language learners express themselves in a second language, there is an anxiety about the image that is communicated through linguistic difficulties. There is a fear that his personal image will be distorted because of grammatical errors and rarefied vocabulary. This study aims to research foreign language anxiety among gifted students who are attending science, math and art classes in Science and Art Centers (BILSEM). For this purpose, 146 (81 males and 65 female) gifted and talented students aged 12-17 were selected. This study used a mixed (quantitative method and qualitative) thereby applying a Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (for English language) to participants and using semi-structured interview questions with 10 gifted students (5 sciences, 2 arts and 3 from music class). The quantitative data results were compared via SPSS and the qualitative data were examined through descriptive analysis. The study revealed that participants attending art and music classes have far lower foreign language anxiety levels than those attending science classes. This difference between group was statistically meaningful according to SPSS analysis. The qualitative study also supported the results by quantitative studies.
İngilizce Öğretmen Adaylarının Öğretmenlik Uygulama Sürecine İlişkin Düşünceleri
(2022) Kasap, Suleyman; Ünsal, Fırat; Demir, Mehmet Şirin
Bu araştırmanın amacı, İngilizce öğretmeni adaylarının öğretmenlik uygulamasına ilişkin görüşlerini belirlemektir. Bu çalışmanın verileri nitel veri toplama araçları ile 20 İngilizce öğretmeninden odak grup görüşmesi ile toplanmış ve elde edilen veriler betimsel analiz yöntemi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Katılımcılardan elde edilen bulgular ışığında öğretmenlik uygulamasına ilişkin görüşler öğretmenlik uygulaması öğretim elemanı, üniversitenin akademisyeni, öğretmenlik uygulaması yapılan okul ile ilgili görüşler ve öneriler şeklinde kategorilere ayrılmıştır. Katılımcılar, üniversitedeki akademisyenler ile uygulamalı okullardaki öğretmenlerin gerekli düzeyde işbirliği yapmadıklarını ve uygulamalı okulların öğretmenlerinin kendilerine örnek olabilecek niteliklere sahip olmadıklarını belirtmişlerdir. Öte yandan öğretmen adayları, mevcut eğitim sistemini ve öğrencileri tanımada öğretmenlik uygulamasının çok önemli olduğunu vurgulamışlardır.
Mother Tongue Attitude Scale (Mtas)
(2021) Kasap, Suleyman
The main aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement scale that can be used to identify the bilingual individual’s attitude towards a mother tongue that is undergoing attrition due to a dominant second language. Scale research was applied to a total of 439 Kurdish-Turkish bilingual participants aged from 17-35 living in Turkey. An exploratory factor analysis and a reliability analysis were performed to determine the validity of the scale. The scale developed according to the results of exploratory factor analysis consists of 12 items in total from three dimensions, behavioral, cognitive and affective. KMO measure adequacy was found to be 0.874 and the strength of the relationship among variables by the Bartlett test was found to be 2047.005 and Chi-square output was statistically significant (p<0.05). The item factor loadings of the scale ranged from 0.845 to 0.613, and item total correlation values ranged from 0.671 to 0.478. In addition, the total Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.874; accordingly, the Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficients for the subdimensions of the scale were estimated to be between 0.801 and 0.8769. Moreover, the fit indices of the model were examined and the Chi-square value (x2 = 256.01, N = 439, do = 51, p = 0.00) was significant. The fit index values of the scale were: AGFI=0.86, RMSEA= 0.096, SRMR=0.066, CFI=0.90, IFI=0.95, NFI=0.94, NNFI= 0.94. It was concluded that the scale developed for this study is valid and reliable, theoretically providing a basis for evaluating the attitude of individuals towards their mother tongues.
Mother Tongue Attitude Scale for Bilingual Individuals: the Study of Validity and Reliability
(2021) Kasap, Suleyman; Açar, Zafer
The main aim of this study to develop a validand reliable measurement scale that can be usedto identify bilingual individuals’ attitude towardstheir mother tongue. The scale research was app lied to a total of 310 Kurdish-Turkish bilingualparticipants aged between 16-65 living in VanCity -Turkey. An exploratory factor analysis anda reliability analysis were performed to determinethe validity of the scale. The scale developed ac cording to the results of explatory factor analysisconsist of 31 items in total from three dimensions(Affective, Language anxiety and prestige, Lan guage preference and proficiency). Kaiser-Ma yer-Olkin (KMO) measure adequacy was found tobe .91 and the strength of the relationship amongvariables by the Barlett test was found to be andChi-square output was statistically significant (χ²= 3949,540, p = 0.000). According to this resultsthe factor analysis is fit. The scales’ item factorof the sub-dimensions ranged from in the first di mension between 0.482 and 0.773, in the seconddimension between 0.335 and 0.720, in the thirddimension between 0,464 and 0,726. In addition,the total Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficientfor the sub-dimensions of the scale in turn was0.872, 0.885 and 0.802 and total Cronbach Alphareliability coefficient of the scale was .915. Mo reover, the fit indices of model were exanimatedand the Chi-square value ($x^2$=924.69, df=428,p=0.00000) is significant. The fit index values ofscale: NNFI= 0.96, NFI= 0,93, CFI= 0.96, RM SEA= 0.006. It was concluded that the scale de veloped for this study was a valid, reliable andtheoretically had a basis for evaluating the attitu de of individuals towards their mother tongues
Sociopsycholinguistic Perspectives: Language Use and Social Dynamics Among Kurdish Speakers in Turkey
(State Higher Educational Establishment, 2024) Kasap, Suleyman
Purpose. This study investigates the sociopsycholinguistic dynamics among Kurdish native speakers who are proficient in Turkish and English, focusing on English teachers and students in English Language Teaching (ELT) and English Language and Literature (ELL) programs. Participants. A total of 114 participants, aged between 18 and 55, were surveyed to explore their language use, switching behaviors, and perceptions of language in various social contexts. Results. The demographic analysis revealed a balanced representation of genders and a strong cultural homogeneity, with all participants identifying as Kurdish. The study identified distinct patterns in language use, with Kurdish primarily spoken at home (35.1%), English predominantly used at work or school (52.6%), and a mix of Kurdish and Turkish in social gatherings and with friends. Code-switching was notably frequent, with a significant portion of participants reporting often or always switching languages at home (60.5%), at work or school (43.0%), and in social settings (47.4%). The survey further highlighted the participants' perceptions of language as a reflection of social identity and power. A majority (43.0%) agreed or strongly agreed that their language use mirrors their social identity, while 56.2% concurred that language choice influences others' perceptions of their social power. These perceptions were underpinned by personal experiences and cultural influences, illustrating the profound impact of multilingualism on social interactions and identity formation. Conclusions. The insights gleaned from this research are vital for addressing issues of language preservation, fostering cultural identity, and promoting social empowerment within Kurdish-speaking communities.
A Systemic Functional Grammar of English: A Simple Introduction
(Urmia Univ, 2019) Kasap, Suleyman
Yabancı Dil Öğreniminde Kişilik Özelliklerinin Nedensel Yüklemeler Üzerindeki Etkisinin İncelenmesi
(2024) Ünsal, Fırat; Kasap, Suleyman
Bu çalışma, atıf stilleri ve kişilik özellikleri ile lise öğrencilerinin yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğrenmedeki başarı ve başarısızlıkları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektedir. Karma yöntem yaklaşımıyla gerçekleştirilen bu araştırma, 984 öğrenciden oluşan bir örneklem grubunu \"Beş Faktör Kişilik Envanteri\" ve \"Başarı-Başarısızlık Ölçeği\" gibi nicel araçların yanı sıra, nitel yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmelerle değerlendirmektedir. Weiner’ın atıf teorisine dayanan bulgular, başarılı öğrencilerin başarılarını genellikle içsel, kontrol edilebilir ve değişken faktörlere atfettiklerini ve bunun da sebat odaklı bir zihniyeti yansıttığını ortaya koymaktadır. Buna karşın, daha az başarılı öğrenciler, motivasyonlarını zayıflatabilecek dışsal, kontrol edilemeyen ve sabit faktörleri suçlama eğilimindedir. Araştırma, atıf kalıplarındaki önemli cinsiyet farklılıklarına dikkat çekmekte ve özelleştirilmiş eğitim stratejilerine duyulan ihtiyacı vurgulamaktadır. Ayrıca, nevrotiklik ve vicdanlılık gibi kişilik özelliklerinin, öğrencilerin akademik deneyimlerine ilişkin algılarını şekillendirmede önemli bir rol oynadığı belirlenmiştir. Bulgular, öğrenciler arasında daha güçlü bir içsel kontrol odağı ve dayanıklılık geliştirmenin dil öğrenme sonuçlarını iyileştirmede kritik olduğunu ortaya koyarak pratik öneriler sunmaktadır. Bu çalışma, dil eğitimi alanında uygulamaları ve öğrenci başarısını artırmak isteyen eğitimciler, politika yapıcılar ve araştırmacılar için değerli bilgiler sunmaktadır.