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ETİMOLOJİ SUNUMU YOLUYLA SÖZCÜK SÖZCÜK AKILDA TUTMAYI ARTTIRMA

PROMOTING VOCABULARY RETENTION THROUGH ETYMOLOGY PRESENTATION

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  • Eğitimde Kuram ve Uygulama Dergisi

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  • 2011

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Failing to remember previously encountered words is one of the commonly reported complaints of both EFL and ESL learners. Among the variety of commonly used vocabulary reinforcing techniques, making students aware of etymological accounts of words is a relatively underresearched area in the literature. The present study, therefore, aims at exploring the effect of presenting etymological accounts of 30 low frequent words on short- and long-term vocabulary retention of EFL learners. The participants (n=32) were members of two intermediate intact classes randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. While both groups were asked to look up the meaning of the words in their dictionaries, the participants in the experimental group received a short instruction on the etymologies of the words. The results of both immediate and delayed posttests demonstrated the mnemonic efficacy of etymology presentation. The paper comes to an end by offering a justification of the linkage between the obtained results and the existing psycholinguistic theories.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Hem EFL hem de ESL öğrencileri, daha önce karşılaşmış oldukları sözcükleri akılda tutamamaktan şikayet edegelmişlerdir. Sıklıkla kullanılan sözcük ezberleme teknikleri arasında, öğrencilerin sözcüklerin etimolojik yapılarınının farkında olmasını sağlamak, diğer tekniklere kıyasla üzerinde daha az araştırma yapılmış bir tekniktir. Bu sebeple, bu çalışmada 30 adet sıklık düzeyi düşük sözcüğün etimolojik ögelerinin sunulmasının, EFL öğrencilerinin sözcükleri kısa ve uzun vadede hafızalarında tutabilmeleri üzerindeki etkisi araştırılmıştır. Sayısı 32 olan katılımcılar, deney ve kontrol gruplarına rastlantısal olarak atanmış 2 orta düzey dil sınıfının öğrencileridir. Her iki gruptaki öğrencilerden, sözcüklerin anlamlarını sözlükten bakmaları istenmiş olmakla birlikte, deney grubunda yer alan katılımcılara ek olarak, sözcüklerin etimolojik yapıları ile ilgili kısa bir açıklamada bulunulmuştur. Kısa süreli ve uzun süreli sontestler etimolojik açıklamanın hafıza üzerindeki yararını ortaya koymuştur.
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