Birleştirme-II Tekniğinin Fransızca Okuma Dersinde Öğrenilen Sözcükleri Hatırda Tutmaya Etkisi (Effect of Jigsaw-II on the Retention of New Words Learned in the Course of Reading in French)

• Main Author: Zühre YILMAZ GÜNGÖR
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dokuz Eylul University 2011-10-01
• Series: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
• Subjects: Cooperative learning; Jigsaw-II technique; Reading comprehension; French foreign language.
• Online Access: http://www.sbe.deu.edu.tr/dergi/cilt13.say%C4%B14/13.4.YILMAZGUNGOR.pdf
• ISSN: 1302-3284

The purpose of this research is to find the effect of the Jigsaw-II technique regarding the retention of new words learned in the French reading course conducted with freshman of the French Foreign Language Department. In this research, comparative unsynchronized group post-test model was used. The participants of this research are 1st year students studying in the French Foreign Language Department of the Anadolu University (Eskişehir) during the spring semester of the academic year 2009-2010. There were 16 participants in the experimental group, 14 participants in the control group. The data were analyzed by analysis of frequency and percentage. As a result, in contrast to the control group using traditional teaching methods, students of the experimental group were greatly remembered new words learned in French reading course.