Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies  

Dogan Yüksel

It is generally accepted that there is not a single school of thought that is called social constructivism, and ideas and assumptions from various disciplines in different fields are being incorporated into the social constructivist understanding. In this... see more

Kadriye Dilek Akpinar

Higher Education Council of Turkey has added a one term course named as “Effective Communication Skills” to the curriculum since 2006 in Foreign Language Education Departments because of the crucial importance of communication in the information society. ... see more

Selami Aydin

The findings obtained from previous research indicate that test anxiety has significant effects on the foreign language learning process. Thus, this paper aims to present a synthesis of research results on the sources and effects of test anxiety among for... see more

Elif Leyla Toprak,Gamze Almacioglu

Most foreign language reading specialists view reading as interactive. To encourage students to use effective strategies when reading in a foreign language, the teacher can develop simple exercises to elicit information via targeted strategies. These exer... see more

Gonca Eksi

Masculinity and femininity are two words that entail two opposite images with distinct sets of behaviour and personal attributes. Regardless of how well these definitions fit to each individual man and woman in society, these gender stereotypes are mainta... see more

Isil Günseli Kaçar,Zengin Zengin

Ingilizcenin ikinci / yabanci dil olarak ögretimi alaninda yürütülen arastirmalar ögrencilerin ikinci / yabanci dil ögrenmeye yönelik inançlarinin bireysel özelliklerine göre farkliliklar gösterdigini ortaya koymaktadir. Hem önceki dil ögrenme deneyimleri... see more

Iskender Hakki Sarigöz

Egitim dünyada en çok tartisilan genel terimlerden biridir. Egitimin amaci iyiye dogru degisim saglamaktir. Egitim kaynaklarinin ve çagdas yöntemlerin esit dagilimi hala irdelenen bir konudur. Bu tartismanin ana temasi her ögrenciye ulastirilmasi gereken ... see more

Ilknur Istifçi

Reading is a process which contributes to success in learning a foreign language and good language learners are considered to be good readers (Bialystok, 1983). According to Paribakht and Wesche (1999), a good reader can guess the meanings of some unfamil... see more