Awareness of Speaking Abilities in English over Four Years of Undergraduate Study
ABSTRACT: This paper describes and discusses changes in language awareness during undergraduate study for a group of language and literature students. The paper uses qualitative, descriptive methods to analyse reports about the students’ speaking elicited at five points during their studies. The pap...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy Universitesi
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jlere/issue/49541/605911 |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT: This paper describes and discusses changes in language awareness during
undergraduate study for a group of language and literature students. The paper
uses qualitative, descriptive methods to analyse reports about the students’
speaking elicited at five points during their studies. The paper identifies
cognitive, affective and social aspects of how the students described their
language knowledge, abilities, learning targets and strategies. The
descriptions evolve from brief, general views of language and learning into
more detailed and focused viewpoints. The students notice more about their
language use and learning targets are described more fully and more clearly.
Their learning strategies move from inside to outside the classroom, activities
change from solitary and individual to social activities, and the students are
better able to describe their speaking through engagement with CEFR criteria.
Anxiety, experience, discourse for describing language and social learning
strategies are features of the changing awareness displayed by the students.Keywords: language awareness; engagement with language; speaking skills. |
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| ISSN: | 2149-5602 2149-5602 |