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Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers

Year 2019, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 3161 - 3186, 15.10.2019
https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.531983

Abstract


Acculturation has been
researched a lot in applied linguistics, and many acculturation studies were made
in second language learning/acquisition contexts. Also, there are some
criticisms about the acculturation theory of Schumann in terms of the social
distance component of the theory. Therefore, the present study aimed to study
acculturation in a foreign language learning context and contribute to the
acculturation theory by providing a solution to the criticisms about the
theory. The present study was designed as a quantitative study. 81 students of
the Turkish-medium and English-medium departments in a Turkish university participated
in the research. The data was collected through the updated version of the
Bogardus Social Distance Scale and was analyzed through independent samples
t-test, one-way ANOVA, and descriptive statistics. The results of the study
indicated that both the participants of the Turkish- and English-medium
departments approached the native speakers of English positively. Also, the
medium of the departments, the kind of the faculties, having been abroad, and
having a sister(s) and/or brother(s) created statistically significant
differences while gender, job status of family members, knowing another
language, high schools the participants graduated from, and the sources of
learning the English culture did not produce such differences. The possible
reasons for these findings and the possible contributions of this study to the
acculturation theory were discussed.








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  • Schumann, J. H. (1976b). Social distance as a factor in second language acquisition. Language Learning, 26(1), 135-143.
  • Singh, A. P., & Dangmei, J. (2017). Understanding the generation z: The future workforce. South-Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 3(3), 1-5.
  • Spenader, A. J. (2011). Language learning and acculturation: Lessons from high school and gap-year exchange students. Foreign Language Annals, 44(2), 381-398.
  • Yağmur, K. (2014). Intergenerational differences in acculturation orientations of Turkish speakers in Australia. Bilig, 70, 237-258.
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Eğitim Dili Türkçe ve İngilizce Olan Bölüm Öğrencilerinin Ana Dili İngilizce Olanlara Karşı Olan Algılanan Sosyal Uzaklıkları

Year 2019, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 3161 - 3186, 15.10.2019
https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.531983

Abstract















Kültürlenme, uygulamalı dil
bilimde çok araştırılmıştır ve pek çok kültürlenme çalışması ikinci dil
öğrenimi/edinimi bağlamlarında yapılmıştır. Ayrıca, Schumann’ın kültürlenme
teorisiyle ilgili olarak teorinin sosyal uzaklık bileşeni açısından bazı
eleştiriler mevcuttur. Bu yüzden bu çalışma, kültürlenmeyi bir yabancı dil
öğrenim bağlamında çalışmayı ve kültürlenme teorisine teori ile ilgili
eleştirilere bir çözüm sağlayarak katkıda bulunmayı hedeflemiştir. Çalışma, bir
nicel çalışma olarak tasarlanmıştır. Bir Türk üniversitesinde eğitim dili
Türkçe ve İngilizce olan bölümlerden 81 öğrenci çalışmaya katılmıştır. Veriler,
Bogardus Sosyal Uzaklık Ölçeğinin güncellenmiş versiyonu ile toplanmış ve
bağımsız gruplar t-testi, tek yönlü ANOVA ve betimsel istatistikler
kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonuçları, eğitim dili hem Türkçe
hem de İngilizce olan bölümlerin öğrencilerin ana dili İngilizce olanlara karşı
olumlu bir yaklaşım sergilediklerini göstermiştir. Ayrıca, cinsiyet, aile
üyelerinin iş durumları, başka bir dil bilme, mezun olunan lise ve İngiliz
kültürünü öğrenme yolları istatiksel olarak anlamlı farklılar oluşturmamışken, bölümlerin
eğitim dillerinin, fakülte türlerinin, yurt dışı deneyiminin ve kız ve/veya
erkek kardeşe sahip olma istatiksel olarak anlamlı farklar oluşturmuştur Bu
bulguların olası nedenleri ve bu çalışmanın kültürlenme teorisine olası
katkıları tartışılmıştır.








References

  • Aliyev, R. (2011). Farklı kültürlerden gelen yüksek öğretim öğrecilerinin eğitim ortamlarındaki ilk etkileşim algılarının ve kültürlenme düzeylerinin incelenmesi (Ph.D. dissertation). Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Al-Qahtani, A. A. (2016). Acculturation and perceived social distance among Arabs and Saudi Arabians in an ESL situation. English Language Teaching, 9(1), 188-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v9n1p188
  • Balta, E. E. (2018). Çocuk kitaplarında mülteciler ve kültürleşme stratejileri. Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, 17(2), 487-498.
  • Bilge Zafer, A. (2016). Göç çalışmaları için bir anahtar olarak “kültürleşme” kavramı. U. Ü. Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 19(30), 75-92.
  • Choi, Y-M. (2014). A study on language acculturation of Korean descendants in Germany. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 4(6), 116-124.
  • Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design. Qualitative, Quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. The United States of America: SAGE Publications, Inc.
  • Gu, M., & Cheung, D. S. (2016). Ideal L2 self, acculturation, and Chinese language learning among South Asian students in Hong Kong: A structural equation modeling study. System, 57, 14-14.
  • Güler, A. (2016). The effects of ethnic identity in acculturation and psychological well-being among Turkish immigrants in the United States (Ph.D. dissertation). Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Gülnür, B., & Balcı, Ş. (2010). Televizyon izleme motivasyonları ve kültürleşme: Yabancı uyruklu üniversite öğrencileri üzerine bir araştırma. Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 28, 447-483.
  • Güvendir, E. (2016). ABD’de bulunan Türk öğrencilerin kültürlenme tutumları ve İngilizce başarıları arasındaki ilişki. Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 16(4), 1745-1760.
  • Hammer, K., & Dewaele, J-M. (2015). Acculturation as the key to the ultimate attainment? The case of Polish-English bilinguals in the UK. In F. Forsberg Lundell & I. Bartning (eds.), Cultural migrants and optimal language acquisition (178-202). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
  • Jia, F., Gottardo, A., Koh. P. W., Chen, X., & Pasquarella, A. (2014). The role of acculturation in reading a second language: Its relation to English literacy skills in immigrant Chinese adolescents. Reading Research Quarterly, 49(2), 251-261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rrq.69
  • Karipek, Z. Y. (2017). Asylum-seekers experience and acculturation: A study of Syrian-university students in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, special issue, 105-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.26513/tocd.316150
  • Kayri, M. (2009). Araştırmalarda gruplar arası firkin belirlenmesine yönelik karşılaştırma (post-hoc) teknikleri. Fırat Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 19(1), 51-64.
  • Kılıçoğlu, G. (2014). İngiltere’deki öğretmenlerin çokkültürlü öğretim yeterlikleri ile Türk öğrencilerin kültürleşme tercihlerinin okula aidiyet duygusu ve akademik başarıyla ilişkisi (Ph.D. dissertation). Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey.
  • Lai, C., Gao, F., & Wang, Q. (2015). Bicultural orientation and Chinese language learning among South Asian minority students in Hong Kong. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 18(2), 203-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2014.887054
  • Mather, D. M., Jones, S. W., & Moats, S. (2017). Improving upon Bogardus: Creating a more sensitive and dynamic social distance scale. Survey Practice, 10(4), 1-12.
  • Rafieyan, V., Orang, M., Bijami, M., Nejad, M. S., & Eng, L. S. (2014). Language learners’ acculturation attitudes. English Language Teaching, 7(1), 114-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v7n1p114
  • Rubenfeld, S., Sinclair, L., & Clement, R. (2007). Second language learning and acculturation: The role of motivation and goal content congruence. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10(3), 302-323.
  • Saygın, S., & Hasta, D. (2018). Göç, kültürleşme ve uyum. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 10(3), 309-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.18863/pgy.364115
  • Schumann, J. H. (1976a). Second language acquisition: The pidginization hypothesis. In J. Povey (ed.), Workpapers in teaching English as a second language (127-140). California: California University Los Angeles.
  • Schumann, J. H. (1976b). Social distance as a factor in second language acquisition. Language Learning, 26(1), 135-143.
  • Singh, A. P., & Dangmei, J. (2017). Understanding the generation z: The future workforce. South-Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 3(3), 1-5.
  • Spenader, A. J. (2011). Language learning and acculturation: Lessons from high school and gap-year exchange students. Foreign Language Annals, 44(2), 381-398.
  • Yağmur, K. (2014). Intergenerational differences in acculturation orientations of Turkish speakers in Australia. Bilig, 70, 237-258.
  • Zaker, A. (2016). The acculturation model of second language acquisition: Inspecting weaknesses and strengths. Indonesian EFL Journal, 2(2), 80-87.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Ahmet Erdost Yastıbaş 0000-0002-1886-7951

Tuğçenur Kavgacı This is me 0000-0002-1076-5344

Publication Date October 15, 2019
Submission Date February 25, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 8 Issue: 4

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APA Yastıbaş, A. E., & Kavgacı, T. (2019). Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 8(4), 3161-3186. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.531983
AMA Yastıbaş AE, Kavgacı T. Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers. MJSS. October 2019;8(4):3161-3186. doi:10.33206/mjss.531983
Chicago Yastıbaş, Ahmet Erdost, and Tuğçenur Kavgacı. “Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 8, no. 4 (October 2019): 3161-86. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.531983.
EndNote Yastıbaş AE, Kavgacı T (October 1, 2019) Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 8 4 3161–3186.
IEEE A. E. Yastıbaş and T. Kavgacı, “Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers”, MJSS, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 3161–3186, 2019, doi: 10.33206/mjss.531983.
ISNAD Yastıbaş, Ahmet Erdost - Kavgacı, Tuğçenur. “Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 8/4 (October 2019), 3161-3186. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.531983.
JAMA Yastıbaş AE, Kavgacı T. Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers. MJSS. 2019;8:3161–3186.
MLA Yastıbaş, Ahmet Erdost and Tuğçenur Kavgacı. “Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 4, 2019, pp. 3161-86, doi:10.33206/mjss.531983.
Vancouver Yastıbaş AE, Kavgacı T. Turkish-Medium Department And English-Medium Department Students’ Perceived Social Distance To Native English Speakers. MJSS. 2019;8(4):3161-86.

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