The impetus behind the development of this research is to study the potential influence(s) of cartoons (caricatures) on L2 learners in terms of gaining cultural awareness and enhancing their motivation levels. To that end, three English classics in the form of cartoons, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson have been determined for the experiment. In this quasi-experimental research design, 47 learners of English were asked to read these cartoons illustrated either with colourful or colourless pictures, whereas randomly selected 20 people in the population were only exposed to plain texts. An assessment form, statistically found valid and reliable, developed by the researchers after a comprehensive literature review and getting approvals of two professors in the field in content validity has been utilized in the study. Accordingly, the findings point out the fact that the first group who has aimed at learning the target language through cartoons has adopted more positive attitude towards the language and its culture. Briefly, the current research emphasizes the importance of cartoons in increasing learners' cultural awareness, motivation and educational accomplishments in the end.
Yabancı dil ya da ikinci dil öğretiminde hedef dildeki derlemin dikkate alınması gerektiğinden dolayı, yabancı dil ders kitaplarında sözcük kullanımı yabancı dil öğrenenler için önem arz etmektedir. Belirlenen hedeflere ulaşmada dil öğrenenlere yardım etmek için; yabancı dil ders kitaplarının hedef dil derlemi dikkate alınarak hazırlanmış olması beklenmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı ilköğretim 8. sınıf İngilizce dersi için hazırlanan ders kitabındaki sözcüklerin hedef dil derlemi açısından uyguluğunu tartışmaktır. Aynı zamanda kitaptaki sözcüklerin Avrupa Dilleri Ortak Çerçeve Programındaki sözcük seçimi kıstaslarına uygunluğu tartışılmıştır. Bu çalışmadaki araştırma soruları şunlardır: 1. Ders kitabında en sık kullanılan sözcükler nelerdir? 2. İngilizce 'de en sık kullanılan 1000 sözcük, en sık kullanılan ikinci 1000 sözcük ve akademik sözcükler ders kitabında nasıl kullanılmıştır? 3. Ders kitabında kullanılan sözcükler, Avrupa Dilleri Ortak Çerçeve Programı A2 düzeyine uygun mudur? Bu çalışma yabancı dil öğretmenleri ve ders kitabı yazarlarına A2 düzeyine uygun sözcük seçiminde faydalı olacaktır.
The purpose of that study is to investigate the implementation of vocabulary teaching through cartoons on students who have read texts in the format of comic strips and the ones reading without the support of any illustrations. This paper also aims to reveal the effects of students' age and gender during vocabulary teaching process. Cartoon extracts of three classics from English literature, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson have been utilized for the experiment. On the one hand, 47 Turkish students taking English courses in Research and Application Centre at a state university in Turkey were in the experimental group, and they were exposed to cartoons. On the other hand, randomly drawn 20 took part in the control group who read stories in plain text formats. According to the results of this quasiexperimental research, a significant difference could not be detected between two groups. Nevertheless, the experimental group was more successful in vocabulary achievement rates than the control group. Moreover, the results indicated the fact that female students were more successful than the males in word knowledge, and 20-29 year-old students were distinguished to be better than the other age groups.
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