E-Learning Turkish Language and Grammar: Analyzing Learners' Behavior

Autor/in	Georgalas, Panagiotis
Titel	E-Learning Turkish Language and Grammar: Analyzing Learners' Behavior
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 13 (2012) 1, S.87-99 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Sentence Structure; Form Classes (Languages); Vocabulary Development; Greek; Television; Language Proficiency; Turkish; Student Behavior; Web Sites; English; Second Language Learning; Grammar; Verbs; Alphabets; Second Language Instruction; Nouns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Analytischer Sprachbau; Wortschatzarbeit; Grieche; Griechisch; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Türkisch; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Web-Design; English language; Englisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Grammatik; Buchstabenschrift; Fremdsprachenunterricht
Abstract	This study analyses the behavior and the preferences of the Greek learners of Turkish language, who use a particular e-learning website in parallel with their studies, namely: http://turkish.pgeorgalas.gr. The website offers free online material in Greek and English language for learning the Turkish language and grammar. The traffic of several modules of the website has been measured, examined and analyzed. The research was carried out between the years 2010-2011 and included the analysis of several million clicks. The results show particular attitudes, habits and preferences throughout the e-learning process. There is a preference of users to exercises against theory. Fast cross-link exercises are preferred to slower "fill in" ones. During the weekends, visitors tend to use less e-learning facilities and select more light activities than the rest days of the week. Society trends and fashions like TV serials have a serious impact to the number of people who decide to learn a new foreign language, in particular Turkish. There is a strong preference of the audience to use online TV against online radio facilities for language practice. The subjects that Greek learners of Turkish language spend more time are verbs conjugation and vocabulary learning. They focus on elementary grammar subjects like the Alphabet, the numbers and the formation of plural. Finally, they try to learn the syntax of Turkish language through sentence structure puzzles and give priority to special grammar issues like noun compounds that are not present in Greek language. (Contains 6 figures and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Anadolu University. Office of the Rector, Eskisehir, 26470, Turkey. Tel: +90-222-335-34-53; Fax: +90-222-335-34-86; e-mail: rektor@anadolu.edu.tr; e-mail: TOJDE@anadolu.edu.tr; Web site: http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10