Turkish Culture in the Metaphors and Drawings by Learners of Turkish as a Foreign Language

Autor/inn/en	Göçen, Gökçen; Özdemirel, Akif Yavuz
Titel	Turkish Culture in the Metaphors and Drawings by Learners of Turkish as a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: Participatory Educational Research, 7 (2020) 1, S.80-110 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Göçen, Gökçen) ORCID (Özdemirel, Akif Yavuz)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-6123
Schlagwörter	Turkish; Second Language Instruction; Figurative Language; Cultural Awareness; Student Attitudes; Freehand Drawing; Cultural Influences; College Students; Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Türkisch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Schülerverhalten; Drawing; Zeichnen; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Collegestudent; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Language teaching is a practice of teaching a culture. What is learnt is not only a language but also the culture of the target language. It is important to examine the way learners perceive Turkish culture in this learning process. That is because the way they perceive the culture will affect their enthusiasm, attitude and motivation for language learning. Therefore, this study intends to reveal Turkish as a foreign language (TFL) learners' perception of Turkish culture through the metaphors and images in their drawings. This qualitative study employs phenomenology. The participants include 180 learners studying TFL at B1, B2 and C1 levels. To collect data, a form reading the prompt "Turkish culture is like… because…" (in order to reveal metaphorical perception towards Turkish culture), and the question "What image appears in your mind when you think of Turkish culture? Please draw." (in order to reveal associative perception towards Turkish culture) was used. Content analysis was employed to evaluate the data. The learners' metaphors were classified under 7 different categories which are Turkish Culture in Terms of Cultural Transmission, Turkish Culture in Terms of Richness, Turkish Culture in Terms of Being Connective, Turkish Culture with a History, Turkish Culture as a Pathfinder, Turkish Culture in Terms of Values and Turkish Culture as a Living Creature. Accordingly, the learners' drawings were classified under 14 different categories: Religious Elements, Elements Related to Drinks, Natural Elements, Elements Related to Dishes, National Elements, Architectural Elements, Artistic Elements, Traditional Elements, Elements Related to Language Teaching, Elements Related to Animals, Metaphorical Elements, Elements Related to Notable Personages, Historical Elements and Other Elements. The results showed that although TFL learners had a positive attitude towards Turkish culture, they were not able to associate language with culture. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Participatory Education Research. Amasya University, Technology Faculty, Yagmurkoy Orad, Amasya 05100, Turkey. Web site: https://www.perjournal.com/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01