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Turkish Students’ Needs Analysis for Chinese Reading Comprehension Skills

Year 2021, Issue: 39, 83 - 107, 31.10.2021
https://doi.org/10.26650/jos.2021.947796

Abstract

This study determines student needs for Chinese reading comprehension skills, one of the four basic language skills in teaching Chinese as a foreign language at the undergraduate level. Questionnaires and open-ended interviews were used for data collection, and graduate students, teachers, and foreign students were consulted about students’ needs. The study group consisted of 121 Turkish students from Chinese undergraduate programs, 79 students with different native languages learning Chinese, 6 Turkish teachers, 10 native language speakers, and 10 students in Chinese graduate programs. Questionnaire findings were calculated as frequencies and percentages. Students’ needs were determined by evaluating the detailed questionnaires and interview results. Results indicated that teachers should prioritize activities with varied strategies and techniques for development of reading comprehension skills. Graduate students supported these results. Strategies and reading-technique awareness needs to be increased through a large number of varied activities. Although students were aware of strategies’ importance, interview results revealed their strategies and techniques to be inadequate. Knowledge of students’ needs, as determined in this study, will benefit instruction in comprehension skills—accepted as the basis of language teaching—to help teachers prepare and implement a more detailed, student-focused syllabus. Finally, the needs analysis will enhance students’ acquisition of reading comprehension skills and facilitate learning outcomes to reach the targeted level.

References

  • Brown, J. D. Using Survey in Language Programs. Cambridge: Cambridge Language Teaching Library, 2001.
  • Dörnyei, Z. Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration and Processing. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates P. 2003.
  • Grabe, W. & Stoller, F. L. Teaching and Researching Reading (2nd ed.). Great Britain: Pearson, 2011.
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  • Harmer, J. The Practice of English Langugae Teaching. England: Pearson Education Limited, 2007.
  • Huntchinson, T. & Waters, A. English for Specific Purposes: A learning- centered approach. Newyork: Cambridge University, 1991.
  • Krashen, S. D. Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition. Pergamon Press, 1982.
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  • Long, M. H. Second Language Needs Analysis. UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Nunan, D. Second language teaching & learning. Boston: MA: Heinle & Heinle.1999, p.149.
  • Richard, J. C. The Language Teaching Matrix. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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  • Zhang, Dongbo. “Word Reading in L1 and L2 Learners of Chinese: Similarities and Differences in the Functioning of Component Processes”, Modern Language Journal. 101(2):391–411, 2017.

Türk Öğrencilerin Çince Okuduğunu Anlama Becerisi Gereksinim Çözümleme Çalışması

Year 2021, Issue: 39, 83 - 107, 31.10.2021
https://doi.org/10.26650/jos.2021.947796

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Çince öğretiminde dört temel dil becerilerinden biri olan okuma-anlama dersi için, Türkiye’de lisans düzeyinde eğitim gören öğrencilerin gereksinimlerini belirlemektir. Öğrenci gereksinimleri için mezun öğrenci, öğretmen ve yabancı uyruklu öğrencilerin görüşlerine başvurulan bu çalışmada, sormaca ve görüşme teknikleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu Çince lisans programlarından 121 Türk öğrenci, 79 Çince öğrenen farklı anadile sahip öğrenci, 6 Türk öğretmen, 10 anadil konuşucusu öğretmen ve 10 mezun öğrenciden oluşmaktadır. Sormaca yoluyla elde edilen veriler, frekans ve yüzde değerleri alınarak hesaplanmıştır. Ayrıntılı oluşturulan sormaca ve görüşme sonuçlarından elde edilen bulgular değerlendirilerek Türk öğrencilerin gereksinimleri belirlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda, okumaanlama derslerinde öğretmenler, okuma-anlama becerisinin geliştirilmesi için strateji ve tekniklerle dolu etkinliklere öncelik vermelidir. Mezun öğrenciler de aynı görüşü desteklemektedir. Çok sayıda çeşitli etkinliklerle strateji ve teknik farkındalığının arttırılması gerekir. Öğrencilerin stratejilerin öneminin farkında olmalarına rağmen yeterli strateji, teknik kullanmadıkları görüşme sonuçlarından anlaşılmıştır. Belirlenen öğrenci gereksinimleri, dil öğretiminin temeli kabul edilen okuma-anlama becerisine ilişkin yapılan çalışmalara, dersi veren öğretmenlere daha ayrıntılı ve öğrenciye odaklanan ders izlenceleri hazırlamaları ve uygulamaları açısından faydalı olacağı düşünülmektedir. Çalışmada yapılan gereksinim çözümleme okuma-anlama becerisinin kazandırılması ve öğrenme çıktılarının hedeflenen düzeye ulaşmasına olanak sunacağı düşünülmektedir.

References

  • Brown, J. D. Using Survey in Language Programs. Cambridge: Cambridge Language Teaching Library, 2001.
  • Dörnyei, Z. Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration and Processing. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates P. 2003.
  • Grabe, W. & Stoller, F. L. Teaching and Researching Reading (2nd ed.). Great Britain: Pearson, 2011.
  • Greene, J. C. Caracelli, V. J. & Graham, W. F.. “Toward a Conceptual Framework for Mixed-Method Evaluation Design”, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 11(3): 255-274, 1989.
  • Grier, A.S. “Integrating needs assesment into career and technical curriculum development”, Journal of Industrial Teacher Education. 42(1): 59-66, 2005.
  • Harmer, J. The Practice of English Langugae Teaching. England: Pearson Education Limited, 2007.
  • Huntchinson, T. & Waters, A. English for Specific Purposes: A learning- centered approach. Newyork: Cambridge University, 1991.
  • Krashen, S. D. Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition. Pergamon Press, 1982.
  • Lapp, D., & Flood, J. Teaching Student to Read. NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986.
  • Liang, F. “Adopting mixed methods for research topics in teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language”, RTCFL. 2(2): 109-122, 2016.
  • Long, M. H. Second Language Needs Analysis. UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Nunan, D. Second language teaching & learning. Boston: MA: Heinle & Heinle.1999, p.149.
  • Richard, J. C. The Language Teaching Matrix. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  • Oxford, R. L., Language learning strategies: What every teacher should know. New York: Newbury House.1990.
  • Zhang, Dongbo. “Word Reading in L1 and L2 Learners of Chinese: Similarities and Differences in the Functioning of Component Processes”, Modern Language Journal. 101(2):391–411, 2017.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Language Studies
Journal Section Research Articles
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İsmigül Cantürk 0000-0001-8827-3449

Publication Date October 31, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Issue: 39

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Chicago Cantürk, İsmigül. “Türk Öğrencilerin Çince Okuduğunu Anlama Becerisi Gereksinim Çözümleme Çalışması”. Şarkiyat Mecmuası, no. 39 (October 2021): 83-107. https://doi.org/10.26650/jos.2021.947796.