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6th grade students' perceptions of blogs in an English class
(Bilkent University, 2012)This study uses mixed-methods research to investigate how a grade 6 English class in Turkey responds to the use of blogs. It explored students' perceptions of and attitudes towards using a class, community, and student ... -
Approach to critical thinking in the Turkish Language and Literature curriculum: a content analysis
(Bilkent University, 2021-10)This study first intends to explore the philosophical stance of the Turkish Language and Literature curriculum, which was redesigned in 2018, to assess extent to which it is conducive to development of critical thinking ... -
A case study on primary school students' perceptions about their use of language learning and reading strategies and strategy training
(Bilkent University, 2011)This study looks at the language learning and reading comprehension strategies of students in 3rd – 8 th grades. The study takes place at Bilkent Laboratory and International School, which is a bilingual school in ... -
Community service learning in international context: a cross-case analysis
(Bilkent University, 2016-06)Although there are a number of private-schools that implement service-learning activities within the framework of their international curricula, service-learning is a relatively new concept in public schools in Turkey. The ... -
A comparative analysis of national and international English language curricula for high schools in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2014)This research study comparatively analyses five national and international high school English language curricula implemented in Turkey. These curricula are the Turkish Ministry of National Education (MONE) High School ... -
Exploring communicative languange teaching in a grade 9 nationwide textbook: New bridge to success
(Bilkent University, 2015)Communicative language teaching (CLT) has been widely influential in English language teaching for the last two decades. Therefore, many materials including textbooks have been designed considered the principles of ... -
Exploring the language skills embedded in the grade nine New Bridge to Success textbook
(Bilkent University, 2013)The main aim of this study is to explore and map out the receptive and productive language skills and sub-skills embedded in the grade nine textbook, New Bridge to Success Elementary (2011) for Anatolian High Schools. ... -
Gender issues and conflicts in brontë's Jane Eyre: an interpretive synthesis for informing critical literacy instruction
(Bilkent University, 2018-05)The purpose of this study is to identify the issues as well as conflicts of gender in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre with the aim of providing lines of arguments as guidelines to inform critical literacy instruction. To ... -
Guidelines for developing critical media literacy instructional framework: a critical interpretive meta study
(Bilkent University, 2021-10)Critical reading of the media has become an increasingly important skill in the face of ever-expanding exposure to numerous types of media in all aspects and moments of life in the contemporary world. This thesis sets out ... -
Guidelines for developing writing instruction framework within the context of English For Academic Purposes (EAP) as informed by Academic Literacies: a critical interpretive meta synthesis
(Bilkent University, 2021-10)This thesis aimed to provide guidelines for developing writing instruction framework within the context of teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) as informed by Academic Literacies (Ac Lits). To this end, the researcher ... -
Guidelines for establishing criteria for the assessment of translation tests at YADIM, Çukurova University
(Bilkent University, 1999)The assessment of the quality of a translation has long been an issue under discussion both in the field of translation studies and in the teaching of translation in second language curriculum. Variables such as the ... -
Investigating tasks in the EFL textbooks in the Turkish Anatolian high school context
(Bilkent University, 2022-09)This study was an attempt to investigate tasks in four English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks designed by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) and studied in the Anatolian high schools in Turkey in the 2020-2021 ... -
Language learning strategies in bilingual context: a case study
(Bilkent University, 2017-05)This study aims to investigate the language learning strategies (LLSs) employed by 118 high school students, ranging between 14 and 18-year-olds and receiving bilingual education, for identifying the commonly used direct ... -
Potential relationships among language-complexity variables, home-language variables and range of reading ability: evidence from PIRLS 2016 and PISA 2018
(Bilkent University, 2022-09)Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master during their time in school. It is strongly connected to life outcomes, and as such, education ministries place it at the centres of their education policies. ... -
Queering teacher education programs: perceptions of pre-service EFL teachers towards queer issues
(Bilkent University, 2018-06)This study aimed to explore the perceptions of pre-service teachers towards discussions of queer issues in English language classrooms and in teacher education programs in Turkey. The data were collected through pre- and ... -
The relationship between progress tests and the end of course assessment test at foundation level at Bilkent University School of English Language (BUSEL)
(Bilkent University, 1999)Testing has always been an important part of every teaching and learning experience. Tests can serve a number of purposes. One of the important ones is that tests can help identify the strengths and weaknesses of learning ... -
Service learning in high school context: an interpretive synthesis
(Bilkent University, 2021-01)Service learning is used increasingly in primary, secondary and higher education contexts. It provides platform for multiple learning pathways from experiential and social-emotional learning to character and values education, ... -
A survey on the use of vocabulary learning strategies of high school students
(Bilkent University, 2019-06)This study investigates the vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) employed by 556 high school students to identify the most and least frequently used discovery and consolidation strategies. The study further investigates ... -
Teaching A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: an interpretive synthesis to inform critical literacy instruction in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme context
(Bilkent University, 2019-10)The purpose of this study is to explore studies focusing on a literary text conducive to providing critical content within the context of International Baccalaureate (IB) Language A: language and literature for preparing ... -
Teaching Shakespeare : a qualitative meta-analysis
(Bilkent University, 2013)The purpose of this study is to explore studies conducted in the past twenty-five years on teaching Shakespeare, and to prepare guidelines to inform classroom instruction. Principles of qualitative-meta analysis are ...
