Television may be a useful L2 resource particularly in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context because it provides authentic L2 input in an environment with limited L2 input. Research has shown that L2 learners can incidentally learn L2…
Conceptual integration theory, proposed by Fauconnier and Turner in 1993, has been successfully used in the study a wide range of phenomena of human thought and action, from counterfactuals to metaphors, proving blending to be present in the simplest…
Poetry courses are taught in Foreign Language Teacher Education Departments either independently (the Uludag University case) or within the framework of general literature courses. The relevant sources benefited from in such courses may initially aim…
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is filled with two emotions, love and hate. Lots of other emotions are included into this play, but none are more defined than these two. Exuberant amounts of love and hate can have both positive and negative…
Shakespeare is a most active participant in so-called intercultural theatre. This essay tries to determine the position of Shakespeare in intercultural discussions which consist of the two important issues: cultural equality and authenticity. Most of…
There have been many efforts to teach a foreign language successfully in Turkey over the last two centuries. Various teaching techniques have been tried as a result of different educational politics. Through the project formed by the Ministry of…
This work aims at presenting major advantages and limitations of Total Physical Response as a method of teaching English language in young learners’ classroom. We will also give a discussion on the suitability of this method for different levels of…
After a long misunderstanding among the Balkan peoples, which has escalated in the last years of the previous century, begins the period of quest for cultural, historic and linguistic identifiers, which contribute to the versatile puritanization of…
Language is the differentia specifica of human species. Every human being acquires it regardless of race, sex or social status. Following the cognitive revolution of 1950s, Noam Chomsky’s theory of Universal Grammar (UG) became the foundation for the…
A needs assessment study is usually carried out for different purposes. Collecting information on a specific problem that learners are experiencing, helping to determine if an existing course adequately addresses the needs of potential students,…
