ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction

GÜRSOY, Esim; HÜSEYİNOĞLU, Madina

ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction

Madina HÜSEYİNOĞLU, (M.A Student, English Language Teaching Department, Uludağ University, Turkey,)

Esim GÜRSOY (Assoc. Prof. Dr., English Language Teaching Department, Uludağ University, Turkey,)

Novitas-Royal

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Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 11 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 169 - 183 Metin Dili: Türkçe İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction

Öz:

Sesletim dersini alan İngilizce öğretmen adaylarının ikinci dil öğretiminde çoğu kez "ihmal edilen" bir konu olma damgasını yiyen bu ders hakkındaki görüşleri bu alandaki birçok araştırmada göz ardı edilmiştir. Bununla birlikte, sesletim becerisinin geliştirilmesine katkıda bulunan parçasal ve parça-üstü özellikler az sayıda araştırmada asgari düzeyde çalışılmıştır. Bundan dolayı, bu çalışma İngilizce öğretmen adaylarının sesletim becerisine karşı öz-algılarını, sesletimin öğretimine karşı tutumlarını ve sesletim becerisini içeren ögelerin önem ve zorluğu hakkındaki farkındalıklarını araştırmayı hedeflemektedir. Araştırmada karma yöntem kullanılmış, nicel veriler 111 öğretmen adayından bir anket yardımıyla elde edilmiştir. Nitel veriler ise yarıyapılandırılmış görüşmeler ile 11 katılımcıdan toplanmıştır. Sonuçlar öğretmen adaylarının sesletim becerisi ile ilgili öz-algılarının ve sesletimin öğretimine ilişkin tutumlarının olumlu olduğunu göstermektedir. Öğretmen adaylarının parçasal ve parçaüstü özellikler hakkındaki farkındalıkları bazı açılardan farklılık göstermektedir ve parça-üstü özelliklerin zorluğu hakkındaki görüşleri ise net değildir. Buna karşın, katılımcılar parçasal özellikleri sesletim becerisinin kolay bir ögesi olarak görmektedirler

Anahtar Kelime:

Konular: Dil ve Dil Bilim

İngilizce Öğretmen Adaylarının Sesletim Becerisi Hakkındaki Öz-algıları, Farkındalıkları ve Bu Becerinin Öğretimine Karşı Tutumları

Öz:

Having received the stamp of an “often neglected” element in second language teaching, opinions of English Language Teaching (ELT) Teacher Trainees (TT) taking pronunciation as an explicit instruction course seem to be neglected in research advocated in this field as well. Moreover, features of pronunciation (segmentals and suprasegmentals), contributing to the development of this skill are minimally approached in a limited number of studies. Thus the present study aims at revealing ELT TTs’ self-perceptions toward the pronunciation skill, attitudes toward its instruction, and their awareness regarding the difficulty and importance of the features of pronunciation skill. Using a mixed-methods research design, quantitative data was collected via a questionnaire from 111 teacher trainees and qualitative data was gathered via semi-structured interviews conducted with 11 participants. The overall results revealed that TTs have positive self-perceptions regarding the pronunciation skill and positive attitudes towards its explicit instruction. TTs’ awareness of segmental and suprasegmental features was found to be different in some aspects and their awareness of the difficulty of suprasegmentals was dubious. Yet, participants consider segmentals as an easy feature of the pronunciation skill

Anahtar Kelime:

Konular: Dil ve Dil Bilim

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık

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APA	HÜSEYİNOĞLU M, GÜRSOY E (2017). ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction. Novitas-Royal, 11(2), 169 - 183.
Chicago	HÜSEYİNOĞLU Madina,GÜRSOY Esim ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction. Novitas-Royal 11, no.2 (2017): 169 - 183.
MLA	HÜSEYİNOĞLU Madina,GÜRSOY Esim ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction. Novitas-Royal, vol.11, no.2, 2017, ss.169 - 183.
AMA	HÜSEYİNOĞLU M,GÜRSOY E ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction. Novitas-Royal. 2017; 11(2): 169 - 183.
Vancouver	HÜSEYİNOĞLU M,GÜRSOY E ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction. Novitas-Royal. 2017; 11(2): 169 - 183.
IEEE	HÜSEYİNOĞLU M,GÜRSOY E "ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction." Novitas-Royal, 11, ss.169 - 183, 2017.
ISNAD	HÜSEYİNOĞLU, Madina - GÜRSOY, Esim. "ELT Teacher Trainees’ Self-Perceptions and Awareness of the Pronunciation Skill, and Their Attitudes Towards its Instruction". Novitas-Royal 11/2 (2017), 169-183.