THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVES OF COMMON PROBLEMS WHILE GAINING ENGLISH SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS AND THEIR PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE SKILLS AUTONOMOUSLY

The importance of learning multiple languages is accepted universally. Improving language skills of the entire population is a priority for Turkey to increase the international competitiveness and also for the perspective integration to EU. Despite the fact that a long history and extensive efforts devoted to foreign language teaching in Turkey, the success has been noted to be limited. In this study, the potential problems and challenges during foreign language education in the higher education institutions were evaluated based on interviews with undergraduate students who were learning English. The study was conducted with a total of 32 students enrolled to various departments at Kafkas University. The results revealed that the students identified a number of challenges that they face while gaining the language skills along with personal strategies to overcome such challenges. Heavy grammar based teaching strategy and evaluation along with low level of native exposure and inadequate student participation were the main problems suggested by students.   Article visualizations

Historical Alfalfa Landraces Perform Higher Yield Under Dry Farming in Turkey

AbstractDrought is a serious abiotic stress affecting crop yield and is an increasingly significant challenge to crop production with the climate change. Cultivars that perform well under limited water are the key for the global food security. One of the main problems for plant breeders is the availability of plant germplasm that could perform well under water limited conditions. There is wealth of wild germplasm adapted to water limited environments but they yield poorly in agricultural systems. However, historical landraces could be the key to counterbalance the yield loses due to increased drought caused by climate change. Alfalfa is a forge legume cultivated throughout the world and affected from drought significantly. USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) has a collection of Turkish alfalfa landraces gathered in second half of the last century. In this study, we evaluated the agronomic performance of a total of 100 historical landraces, wild accessions and modern cultivars in a replicated field trial in two locations in Kars Province of Turkey in order to evaluate the field performance of the accessions under non-irrigated conditions and to compare yield performance of landraces with modern cultivars.The results revealed that when all 100 entries were evaluated, the historical landraces on average perform as high as modern cultivars for the agronomic traits such as total biomass yield and plant height. When the accessions and entries considered separately, the top 20 high yielding accessions were all landraces with a few high performing wild accessions outperforming modern cultivars. The results conclude that historical landraces could directly be used in dry agriculture possess significant alleles for water use efficiency. The outcome of the current study suggests that the evaluation of plant genetic resources, especially historical landraces, under different climate conditions is vital for effective breeding strategies

Reşit Saffet Atabinen Bibliyografyası

Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 422-Reşit Saffet Atabinen. Not: Kitap İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi Kütüphane Koleksiyonunda mevcuttur

1999 Düzce depremini yaşayanlarda depremin muhtemel olumlu etkileri: depreme önlem alma davranışı ve travma sonrası gelişim

The current study aimed to examine two potential positive outcomes of an earthquake experience, namely posttraumatic growth (PTG) and earthquake preparedness behavior. Variables that may be related to PTG and earthquake preparedness behavior were examined after earthquake victimization by using two models, which were the Person Relative to Event (PrE) Model (Mulilis & Duval, 1997) to understand earthquake preparedness behavior, and Model of Life Crises and Personal Growth (Schaefer & Moos, 1992) to understand PTG. In order to examine earthquake preparedness behavior, the roles of demographic variables, event-related variables, cognitive appraisal factors, and coping strategies, and in order to examine PTG, environmental factors, system factors, event related factors, earthquake specific coping and cognitive appraisal factors, and general ways of coping responses factors were examined. Data was collected by a questionnaire consisting of three parts. The first part was a socio-demographic information form. The second part of the questionnaire included set of items designed to examine past earthquake experience, the severity of past earthquake experience and reasons to prepare for a possible future earthquake. The third part of the questionnaire consisted of eight scales. These scales were Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI) to measure coping strategies used in stressful situations, Revised and Translated Mulilis-Lippa Earthquake Preparedness Scale (MLEPS) to measure the level of earthquake preparedness behavior, perceived difficulty and perceived effectiveness of being prepared, Religiousness Scale (RS) to measure the level of religious resources of participants, The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) to measure perceived adequacy of social support, The Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL) to measure the quality of life of the participants, Psychological Well-Being Scale to measure the level of psychological well-being of participants, Traumatic Stress Symptom Checklist (TSSC) to measure posttraumatic stress, and Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) to measure stress-related growth. One hundred ninety nine adults (105 females and 94 males with an age range of 18 to 73) were participants of the study. The participants were from Kaynaşlı, Düzce. The participants were selected on the basis of their age, gender, and the type of their houses. They were contacted through home visits. In the result section, the level of the different categories of earthquake preparedness behavior, self-efficacy and outcome efficacy; the reasons of preparedness and nonpreparedness for earthquakes, the variables related to earthquake preparedness behavior and PTG were presented. Hierarchical regression analysis results revealed that perceived responsibility to prepare for earthquakes, outcome efficacy, and problem-focused coping were positively and posttraumatic stress was negatively related to earthquake preparedness behavior. As a result of the regression analysis, it was found that being married, perceived social support, well-being, problem-focused coping, and seeking social support coping were significant predictors of the level of PTG. The results of regression analysis also showed that, general problem focused coping was more efficient than earthquake specific active coping after earthquake victimization for the development of PTG. The results of the study were discussed within the relevant literature, shortcomings of the current study, clinical implications and suggestions for future research were proposed.Ph.D. - Doctoral Progra

An Investigation on Word – Sentence Lengths and Readability Levels of Stories in Secondary School Turkish Course Books

anemonBu çalışmada amaç ortaokul (5., 6., 7. ve 8. sınıf) Türkçe ders kitaplarında yer alan öykülerin okunabilirlik düzeylerini tespit etmektir. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma nesnelerini 2019-2020 eğitim-öğretim yılından itibaren ders kitabı olarak okutulan Anıttepe Yayınlarına ait 5. sınıf Türkçe ders kitabı, Ekoyay Yayınlarına ait 6. sınıf Türkçe ders kitabı, Özgün Yayınlarına ait 7. sınıf Türkçe ders kitabı ve MEB Yayınlarına ait 8. sınıf Türkçe ders kitabında yer alan 29 öykü metni oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin çözümlenmesinde betimsel analiz yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Ders kitaplarında yer alan öyküler Ateşman (1997) tarafından Türkçeye uyarlanan okunabilirlik formülü kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda ortaokul Türkçe ders kitaplarında yer alan öykülerin okunabilirlik düzeylerinin orta güçlükte, kolay ve çok kolay olarak değişim gösterdiği belirlenmiştir.The aim of this study is to determine the readability levels of stories in secondary school (5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades) Turkish course books. In the study, document review, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The study objects of the research consist of 29 story texts in Anıttepe Publishing's 5th grade Turkish course book, Ekoyay Publishing's 6th grade Turkish course book, Özgün Publishing's 7th grade Turkish course book and 8th grade Turkish course book of MEB Publications which have been used as course books since the academic year of 2019-2020. Descriptive analysis method was used to analyze the data. Stories in the course books were analyzed using the readability formula adapted by Ateşman (1997) into Turkish. According to the results of the research, it was determined that the readability levels of the stories in the secondary school Turkish course books vary as of medium difficulty, easy and very easy.74614

The village of Shirinbey in the province of Saatli in Azerbaijan with it's social-cultural and religious aspects (A case study of the Akhiska Turks)

Yüksek Lisans Tezi YÖK Merkezi No:44787614 Kasım 1944 yılında Gürcistan'ın Ahıska vilayetinden sürgün edilen Ahıskalı Türkler Orta Asya'nın çeşitli bölgelerine yerleşmiştirler. Sovyet rejiminden dolayı ilk başlarda ülke, il veya ilçe dışına dahi çıkamayan Ahıskalı Türkler Sovyet rejiminin baskıcı tutumunun bitmesinden veya hafiflemesinden sonra ülke dışına çıkmaya başlamışlardır. 1956 yıllarında Azerbaycan'a gelmeye başlayan Ahıskalı Türkler Azerbaycan'ın çeşitli bölgelerine yerleşmişlerdir. Ahıskalı Türklerin yerleştiği bölgeler arasında da Saatlı İline bağlı köyler olmuştur ki, bunlardan birisi de Şirinbey Köyüdür. Şirinbey köyü Azerbaycan'ın güneyinde, Saatlı İlinin ise kuzey doğusunda, 25 km uzaklıkta yerleşmektedir. Köyün yarısı Ahıskalı Türklerden olup Sünni mezhebine mensupken; bir kısmı da Azerbaycan Türklerinden olup Şii mezhebine mensupturlar. Şirinbey köyündeki Ahıskalı Türkler geçimlerini daha çok tarım ve hayvancılıkla sağlamaktadırlar. Azerbaycan'da din eğitimi ortaokullarda verilmediği için Şirinbey köyünde yaşayan Ahıskalı Türkler din eğitimini ilk önce aileden, daha sonra akrabaları arasında varsa bilgin hocalardan, daha sonra cami hocalarından almaktadırlar. Biraz daha ilerletmek isteyenler ise medrese veya ilahiyat eğitimi alabilmektedirler. Şirinbey köyünde yaşayan Ahıskalı Türkler dinini, dilini, kültürünü, örfünü, adet ve geleneğini yaşamakta ve yaşatmaya devam etmektedirler. Bu çalışmanın amacı Ahıska Türklerinin yaşamlarının sosyal, kültür, din gibi alanlar açısından incelenip anlaşılmasıdır. Bu çalışmada mülakat tekniği kullanılmıştır.Akhiska Turks exiled from the province of Akhiska in 14th of November, 1914 from Georgia are settled in various parts of Central Asia. Due to the Soviet regime, Akhiska Turks could not even go out of the country, province or the district in the beginning; they started to go out only after the end of the repressive attitude of the Soviet regime began to travel out of the country. Akhiska Turks began to live in Azerbaijan in 1956s, settled in some areas of Azerbaijan. There are villages of Saatlı district among Akhiska Turks have settled, one of them is Şirinbey village. Şirinbey village is located in the South of Azerbaijan and the 25 kilometres far North of Saatlı district. Whereas half of the village are Akhiska Turks and belong to Sunni order; the other are Azerbaijan Turks and belong to Şhi'i order. As there is no religion education in secondary schools in Azerbaijan, Akhiska Turks in Akhiska make their own lives from agriculture and cattle breeding. Akhiska Turks living in Şirinbey village get religious education firstly from the family, then educated hodjas among their acquaintances and then from the mosque imams. Those who wish more religious education can have madrasah and theology education. Akhiska Turks living in Akhiska keep going living their religion, language, culture, tradition, and consuetude and made the others to do so. The aim of this study is to define and understand the lives of Akhiska Turks in terms of social, cultural, religious and some other similar aspects. Interview technique is used in order to reach the aim of the study