A Bibliometric Analysis of Postgraduate Studies on Listening (2014-2023)

Abstract

A descriptive survey design was used in this study, which aimed to examine postgraduate studies on listening between 2014 and 2023. The data was obtained from the database provided by the Turkish Council of Higher Education Thesis Center through document review by keyword and department. In the searches, the keywords "Turkish, understand, listen, listening, hear, hearing" and the departments "Türkçe ve sosyal bilimler eğitimi, yabancılara Türkçe öğretimi, sınıf öğretmenliği, okul öncesi eğitimi, dilbilim, Türk dili ve edebiyatı eğitimi ve Türkiyat araştırmaları" were used. The data analysis was performed via the bibliometric analysis method. In the study, it was concluded that 205 postgraduate studies were written on listening, 162 of which were master's theses and 43 of which were doctoral dissertations, and the studies on listening were written by students in 60 different universities, and most of them had been written by the students at Gazi University. It was found that most of the studies were completed in institutes of educational sciences (f=115), the studies were written in 23 different departments, and mostly for secondary school students (f=68) and non-native speakers (f=53). In terms of subject, it was revealed that most of the studies were about teaching methods and techniques (f=70), teaching Turkish to foreigners (f=53), textbooks (f=47), reading education (f=32), and types of listening (f=27), and the studies were listed as quantitative (f=115), qualitative (f=64) and mixed design (f=26) by their designs. It was also found that 174 studies were conducted with samples, and 31 studies were conducted with materials, and the sample size in most of the studies (f=123) was in the range of 0-100, and 510 measurement tools were used in 205 studies. In addition, the most preferred measurement tools were forms (f=148), tests (f=129), and scales (f=105), and the least preferred ones were checklists (f=3), programs (f=4), and rubrics (f=3).