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Yabancı Dildeki Sözcüklerin Hatırlanması: Anahtar Sözcük, Bağlam ve Sözcük Listesi Stratejilerinin Öğrenilen Sözcüklerin Uzun Süreli Olarak Hatırlanması Üzerine Etkileri

RECALL OF FOREIGN-LANGUAGE VOCABULARY: EFFECTS OF KEYWORD, CONTEXT AND WORDLIST INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON LONG-TERM VOCABULARY RECALL OF EFL LEARNERS

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Abstract (2. Language): 
The present study is an attempt to compare the effects of three strategies on long-term retention of English vocabulary items in an EFL setting. To fulfill the present study, three intact classes comprising 65 female students from Kish Language Institute in Tehran, Iran were randomly assigned and instructed on words in three different techniques; keyword, context and wordlist. The students were pretested on target words to ensure that the selected words are unknown to the learners. The treatment lasted for two sessions. One week after the treatment a post-test in two steps; cued-recall and word-recall, was applied to evaluate the effectiveness of the techniques on retention of newly learnt vocabulary items. Results revealed that the keyword group was significantly better than the other groups in both cued-recall and word-recall tests and in terms of the context and wordlist groups, there was generally no significant difference between them.
Abstract (Original Language): 
Bu çalışma, İngilizcenin yabancı dil olarak öğretildiği bir öğrenme ortamında, İngilizce sözcüklerin uzun süreli olarak bellekte tutulması için kullanılan 3 farklı stratejinin etkilerini karşılaştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda, İran’ın Tahran Kenti’nde bulunan Kish Dil Enstitüsü’nde öğrenim gören 3 farklı sınıftaki 65 bayan öğrenci, gelişigüzel seçilerek, anahtar sözcük, bağlam ve sözcük listesi olmak üzere 3 farklı teknik ile kelime öğretimine maruz bırakılmışlardır. Öğretilecek sözcükler öğrencilere daha önceden sunularak, onların bu sözcükleri önceden bilmediklerinden emin olunmuştur. Bu çalışmanın uygulama aşaması 2 oturumda tamamlanmıştır. Uygulamadan bir hafta sonra kullanılan tekniklerin yeni öğrenilen sözcüklerin bellekte tutulması üzerinde etkilerini saptamak amacıyla ipuçlu hatırlama ve sözcük hatırlaması şeklinde 2 aşamalı bir test uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar göstermiştir ki sözcükleri anahtar sözcük tekniğini ile öğrenen grup her iki aşamada da diğer gruplardan daha iyi sonuçlar sergilemiştir. Diğer iki teknik arasında da istatistiksel açıdan önemli olabilecek farklar bulunmamıştır.
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