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Papers by Şule Yüksel Ertuğrul Seçer

International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2020

This study aims to investigate the effect of 5E Learning Model-based Essay Writing course design ... more This study aims to investigate the effect of 5E Learning Model-based Essay Writing course design and implementation on the achievement level of 12th grade high school students in Essay Writing Course. The teaching and development of writing skills in foreign language education is very important, but it is a known fact that our foreign language education presents problems even in the level of middle and higher education in the foreign language education system. In this respect, the development of writing skills and the improvement of the lessons are very important. The study is a case study with mixed method in which both qualitative and quantitative data collection procedures and instruments such as achievement tests, peer feedback form, students’ progress check form, and teacher performance observation form are employed together. In the present study, qualitative data, collected by means of peer evaluation, student progress check and teacher performance observation, is subjected to...

The purpose of this paper is a) to investigate kindergarteners' perception of "school" through th... more The purpose of this paper is a) to investigate kindergarteners' perception of "school" through the impressions and images and b) to find out the effect of these perceptions on their attitudes towards school in cooperation with kindergarten teachers. This qualitative study is based on metaphor technique; the data of which is derived from kindergarteners' perceptions of "school", researcher's own observation of kindergarteners, and focus group interview with these kindergarteners' teachers. The research group for metaphors consists of thirty-five kindergarteners from two different classes in a state kindergarten in Bursa. Thirty-three relevant, twenty-one different metaphors are collected from the data. These metaphors are grouped under six different conceptual categories according to their common features. In addition, several interviews are carried out with the kindergarteners' teachers to determine the effect of these perceptions on kindergarteners' attitude towards school. According to the analysis of the data collected from metaphor study, kindergarteners mostly perceive "school" as a 'homelike' place to live in comfortably and happily beside learning new things and playing games. Only five kindergarteners regard "school" negatively, and are detected to have attitudinal and disorientation problem. Determining the ways to cope with the negative attitudes of these five kindergarteners to school can be the focus of a further study.

Journal of Education and Practice, 2018

The purpose of this paper is to find out the ways to cope with kindergarteners’ negative attitude... more The purpose of this paper is to find out the ways to cope with kindergarteners’ negative attitudes in cooperation with preschool teachers. This qualitative study is based on an action research, the data of which is derived from kindergarteners’ perceptions of “school” (Secer & Celikoz, 2017), researcher’s own observation of kindergarteners, and constant interviews with preschool teachers and their parents to determine and to improve kindergarteners’ negative attitudes toward school. The semi structured interviews are carried out with the kindergarteners’ teachers and parents to determine the ways to cope with the negative attitudes. The results of three-phase action research indicate that of five kindergarteners who regard “school” negatively, and have disorientation problem (Secer & Celikoz, 2017), the negative attitudes of two are handled in the first stage, the negative attitude of two are dealt with in the second stage but the last kindergartener’s negative attitude is not figur...

This paper aims a) to analyze the challenges in teaching aviation vocabulary and radio phraseolog... more This paper aims a) to analyze the challenges in teaching aviation vocabulary and radio phraseology at high school level in English language instructors’ perspective and b) to present some recommendations that can help to reduce encountered problems if taken into consideration in the design and implementation of the related syllabus and course program. This study is based on a qualitative research model in which focus group interview is used as the data collection procedure. It is a fact that the challenges encountered in teaching technical vocabulary initiate from the very nature of teaching English for specific purposes to the learners of English as a foreign language. According to the results of this study, the problems occurring in learning environment are classified and analyzed in two main categories: The first group of problems arises from the students’ language competence and motivation. The second originates from instructors who are mostly experienced, therefore more motivat...

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2017

This paper aims to analyze the effect of Essay Writing Course, given as specific writing skill in... more This paper aims to analyze the effect of Essay Writing Course, given as specific writing skill instruction along with comprehension-based instruction, on the writing skill development of high school students. The paper is based on a quantitative study conducted in true experimental design. According to the Comprehension Hypothesis (Krashen, 1994, 2003), a comprehension-based instruction with an emphasis on reading and listening practice as receptive skills, will eventually lead to students' improvement in writing and speaking as productive skills, and to their overall language development. Besides, specific writing skill instruction and effective writing practices have a proven record of success in enhancing students' writing (Graham, 2018). Within the scope of this study, to determine if there is a meaningful difference in between the writing skill development of the students who take Essay Writing Course and of those who do not take any rhetorical course, apart from the comprehension-based instruction, the first and final writing exam scores and achievement levels of two groups of students are compared by a series of paired sample and independent t-tests, analyzed in SPSS and discussed in the scope of the study. It can be concluded from the results of the analysis that the experimental group, given the Essay Writing Course as writing skill instruction is significantly more successful than the control group, not given any writing skill instruction apart from comprehension oriented instruction. Within the analysis, done in the study, it can be also claimed that Essay Writing Course has a positive impact over the writing skill development of high school students.

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate English Language Teaching (hereafter, ELT) undergraduate... more The purpose of this paper is to evaluate English Language Teaching (hereafter, ELT) undergraduate programs in Turkey. In the scope of the evaluation study, the ELT undergraduate programs of six universities-three state, three private-in Istanbul are selected via convenient sampling method. The qualitative study is based on document analysis through which the data is collected, sorted out and analyzed in five main categories. All the available documents are analyzed in five main components of the program which are the students, the lecturers, the courses, the practicum, and the educational opportunities. All the available documents are collected from the open-access web-cites of the programs and the administrative offices and lecturers in the departments. The strengths and the weaknesses of each program are determined and comparatively analyzed in terms of state and private universities. According to the findings obtained from comparative document analysis, the perception levels of the students and the professional and constitutional experience of academicians are determined to be the strengths of state university ELT undergraduate programs whereas the number of students, enrolled in the programs, the contribution of the academicians to the field of educational research, the teaching practice courses, the practicum, and the seminars, conferences and events as educational opportunities are the strengths of private university ELT undergraduate programs. Evaluating the current state of the ELT undergraduate programs in terms of the strengths and weaknesses, the present study hopefully contributes to program development in the field of EFL teacher education.

Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016

This study aims to present high school students" perception of "English" through the impressions ... more This study aims to present high school students" perception of "English" through the impressions and images and the effect of these perceptions on their motivation in learning English. This qualitative study is based on the data about students" metaphors and the focus group interview to determine their effect on the students" motivation. The research group for metaphors consists of 128 high school students from four different grades. 79 metaphors were collected and grouped under 12 categories. In addition, two different focus group interviews are held with 7 students having negative and positive perspectives to determine the effect of these perceptions on students" motivation in learning English. According to the analysis of the data from focus group interviews, students mostly perceive "English" as a target language to learn rather than a foreign language, spoken by a definite society or belonging to a culture. The results of metaphor study also indicate that the students regarding "English" positively tend to have a higher participation and motivation in comparison to the students having negative perceptions.

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015

This paper aims to analyze the effects of video use as an audio visual material as warm-up activi... more This paper aims to analyze the effects of video use as an audio visual material as warm-up activity on students' motivation and participation in Aviation English courses at high school level in the viewpoint of English instructors. This paper is based on a qualitative study design in which focus group interview is used as the data collection procedure. The participants of the focus group interview are four instructors teaching Aviation English, teaching 10th graders in a state high school. It is a fact that the use of video like the other audio visual aids is a proper ice breaker and motivation tool for teenagers in today's modern world of technology. According to the analysis of the data collected by focus group interview, the findings, revealing the positive effect of video use on students' motivation and participation, are categorized and discussed within the scope of the study.

International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 2014

This paper aims a) to analyze the challenges in teaching aviation vocabulary and radio phraseolog... more This paper aims a) to analyze the challenges in teaching aviation vocabulary and radio phraseology at high
school level in English language instructors’ perspective and b) to present some recommendations that can
help to reduce encountered problems if taken into consideration in the design and implementation of the
related syllabus and course program. This study is based on a qualitative research model in which focus group
interview is used as the data collection procedure. It is a fact that the challenges encountered in teaching
technical vocabulary initiate from the very nature of teaching English for specific purposes to the learners of
English as a foreign language. According to the results of this study, the problems occurring in learning
environment are classified and analyzed in two main categories: The first group of problems arises from the
students’ language competence and motivation. The second originates from instructors who are mostly
experienced, therefore more motivated in English language teaching but not in aviation as a technical field.
Key Words: Teaching vocabulary, Aviation Terminology, Radio Phraseologyy.

International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2017

The purpose of this paper is a) to investigate kindergarteners' perception of "school" through th... more The purpose of this paper is a) to investigate kindergarteners' perception of "school" through the impressions and images and b) to find out the effect of these perceptions on their attitudes towards school in cooperation with kindergarten teachers. This qualitative study is based on metaphor technique; the data of which is derived from kindergarteners' perceptions of "school", researcher's own observation of kindergarteners, and focus group interview with these kindergarteners' teachers. The research group for metaphors consists of thirty-five kindergarteners from two different classes in a state kindergarten in Bursa. Thirty-three relevant, twenty-one different metaphors are collected from the data. These metaphors are grouped under six different conceptual categories according to their common features. In addition, several interviews are carried out with the kindergarteners' teachers to determine the effect of these perceptions on kindergarteners' attitude towards school. According to the analysis of the data collected from metaphor study, kindergarteners mostly perceive "school" as a 'homelike' place to live in comfortably and happily beside learning new things and playing games. Only five kindergarteners regard " school " negatively, and are detected to have attitudinal and disorientation problem. Determining the ways to cope with the negative attitudes of these five kindergarteners to school can be the focus of a further study.

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2017

This paper aims to analyze the effect of Essay Writing Course, given as specific writing skill in... more This paper aims to analyze the effect of Essay Writing Course, given as specific writing skill instruction along with comprehension-based instruction, on the writing skill development of high school students. The paper is based on a quantitative study conducted in true experimental design. According to the Comprehension Hypothesis (Krashen, 1994, 2003), a comprehension-based instruction with an emphasis on reading and listening practice as receptive skills, will eventually lead to students’ improvement in writing and speaking as productive skills, and to their overall language development. Besides, specific writing skill instruction and effective writing practices have a proven record of success in enhancing students’ writing (Graham, 2018). Within the scope of this study, to determine if there is a meaningful difference in between the writing skill development of the students who take Essay Writing Course and of those who do not take any rhetorical course, apart from the comprehension-based instruction, the first and final writing exam scores and achievement levels of two groups of students are compared by a series of paired sample and independent t-tests, analyzed in SPSS and discussed in the scope of the study. It can be concluded from the results of the analysis that the experimental group, given the Essay Writing Course as writing skill instruction is significantly more successful than the control group, not given any writing skill instruction apart from comprehension oriented instruction. Within the analysis, done in the study, it can be also claimed that Essay Writing Course has a positive impact over the writing skill development of high school students.

Keywords: Writing skill; comprehension-based instruction; writing skill instruction

This study aims to present high school students' perception of " English " through the impression... more This study aims to present high school students' perception of " English " through the impressions and images and the effect of these perceptions on their motivation in learning English. This qualitative study is based on the data about students' metaphors and the focus group interview to determine their effect on the students' motivation. The research group for metaphors consists of 128 high school students from four different grades. 79 metaphors were collected and grouped under 12 categories. In addition, two different focus group interviews are held with 7 students having negative and positive perspectives to determine the effect of these perceptions on students' motivation in learning English. According to the analysis of the data from focus group interviews, students mostly perceive " English " as a target language to learn rather than a foreign language, spoken by a definite society or belonging to a culture. The results of metaphor study also indicate that the students regarding " English " positively tend to have a higher participation and motivation in comparison to the students having negative perceptions.

This study aims to find out the challenges encountered in the use of video as audiovisual materia... more This study aims to find out the challenges encountered in the use of video as audiovisual material as a warm-up activity in aviation English course at high school level. This study is based on a qualitative study in which focus group interview is used as the data collection procedure. The participants of focus group are four instructors teaching Aviation English to 10th graders in a state high school in 2005 to 2006 academic year. Despite the fact that the use of video as an audio visual aid is a proper modern technology tool to motivate the learners, it prevails a set of challenges in the stages of selection, preparation, and demonstration as well. According to the analysis of the data collected using focus group interview, the challenges, encountered in the use of video, are concluded to arise from curriculum design, technical constraints and video selection.

International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2020

Journal of Education and Practice, 2018

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2017

Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015

International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 2014

This paper aims a) to analyze the challenges in teaching aviation vocabulary and radio phraseolog... more This paper aims a) to analyze the challenges in teaching aviation vocabulary and radio phraseology at high
school level in English language instructors’ perspective and b) to present some recommendations that can
help to reduce encountered problems if taken into consideration in the design and implementation of the
related syllabus and course program. This study is based on a qualitative research model in which focus group
interview is used as the data collection procedure. It is a fact that the challenges encountered in teaching
technical vocabulary initiate from the very nature of teaching English for specific purposes to the learners of
English as a foreign language. According to the results of this study, the problems occurring in learning
environment are classified and analyzed in two main categories: The first group of problems arises from the
students’ language competence and motivation. The second originates from instructors who are mostly
experienced, therefore more motivated in English language teaching but not in aviation as a technical field.
Key Words: Teaching vocabulary, Aviation Terminology, Radio Phraseologyy.

International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2017

The purpose of this paper is a) to investigate kindergarteners' perception of "school" through th... more The purpose of this paper is a) to investigate kindergarteners' perception of "school" through the impressions and images and b) to find out the effect of these perceptions on their attitudes towards school in cooperation with kindergarten teachers. This qualitative study is based on metaphor technique; the data of which is derived from kindergarteners' perceptions of "school", researcher's own observation of kindergarteners, and focus group interview with these kindergarteners' teachers. The research group for metaphors consists of thirty-five kindergarteners from two different classes in a state kindergarten in Bursa. Thirty-three relevant, twenty-one different metaphors are collected from the data. These metaphors are grouped under six different conceptual categories according to their common features. In addition, several interviews are carried out with the kindergarteners' teachers to determine the effect of these perceptions on kindergarteners' attitude towards school. According to the analysis of the data collected from metaphor study, kindergarteners mostly perceive "school" as a 'homelike' place to live in comfortably and happily beside learning new things and playing games. Only five kindergarteners regard " school " negatively, and are detected to have attitudinal and disorientation problem. Determining the ways to cope with the negative attitudes of these five kindergarteners to school can be the focus of a further study.

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2017

This paper aims to analyze the effect of Essay Writing Course, given as specific writing skill in... more This paper aims to analyze the effect of Essay Writing Course, given as specific writing skill instruction along with comprehension-based instruction, on the writing skill development of high school students. The paper is based on a quantitative study conducted in true experimental design. According to the Comprehension Hypothesis (Krashen, 1994, 2003), a comprehension-based instruction with an emphasis on reading and listening practice as receptive skills, will eventually lead to students’ improvement in writing and speaking as productive skills, and to their overall language development. Besides, specific writing skill instruction and effective writing practices have a proven record of success in enhancing students’ writing (Graham, 2018). Within the scope of this study, to determine if there is a meaningful difference in between the writing skill development of the students who take Essay Writing Course and of those who do not take any rhetorical course, apart from the comprehension-based instruction, the first and final writing exam scores and achievement levels of two groups of students are compared by a series of paired sample and independent t-tests, analyzed in SPSS and discussed in the scope of the study. It can be concluded from the results of the analysis that the experimental group, given the Essay Writing Course as writing skill instruction is significantly more successful than the control group, not given any writing skill instruction apart from comprehension oriented instruction. Within the analysis, done in the study, it can be also claimed that Essay Writing Course has a positive impact over the writing skill development of high school students.

Keywords: Writing skill; comprehension-based instruction; writing skill instruction