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A crash course to improve punctuation skills of undergraduate students

Lisans Öğrencilerinin İngiliz Dilinde Yazarken Noktalama İşaretleri Kullanımlarını Geliştirmesi Üzerine Bir Çalışma

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75–98
Publication Date
2022-11-04
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Theresults showed that there is a statistically significant difference between pre-tests and post-tests in terms oflowering erroneous use of punctuation.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Punctuation has always been a consideration in writing.
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Key Findings & Data:This study aims to increase students andinstructors’ awareness towards the importance of punctuation and teaching of it explicitly.
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Conclusion & Impact:Theresults showed that there is a statistically significant difference between pre-tests and post-tests in terms oflowering erroneous use of punctuation.
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Abstract

Punctuation has always been a consideration in writing. In spite of its importance, it does not hold upa secure place in courses. Courses neither on grammar nor vocabulary allocate a place for the teaching ofpunctuation, and learning of it is expected to occur implicitly. This study aims to increase students andinstructors’ awareness towards the importance of punctuation and teaching of it explicitly. In line with that,twenty students studying at the department of written translation, where punctuation is of great importance, werechosen, and the most problematic three punctuation marks were detected. Having detected them, the researcherapplied a 3-weeks crash course programme in order to eliminate punctuation errors in students’ writing. Theresults showed that there is a statistically significant difference between pre-tests and post-tests in terms oflowering erroneous use of punctuation. Accordingly, this study suggests that explicit teaching of punctuationincreases students’ awareness regarding the correct use of punctuation and the importance of it in writing.Therefore, instructors at translation departments should allocate a place in their course schedules. At the veryend, this study submitted its own 5-days long crash course programme on the most problematic punctuationmarks that had been found from the data through analyses.

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Noktalama İşaretleri, yazma sürecinde daima önemli olmuştur. Fakat önemine rağmen, İngiliz dili eğitimi tabanlı bölümlerin derslerinde üzerine durulmamaktadır. İster dilbilgisi isterse kelime öğretimi üzerine olsun, noktalama işaretleri hiçbir derste kendisine yer bulamamıştır ve bilinçaltı bir şekilde öğrenilmesi beklenilmiştir. Bu çalışma öğrencilerin ve üniversite hocalarının noktalama işaretlerine olan farkındalığını arttırmayı ve doğrudan öğretiminin önemini ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu doğrultuda, noktalama işaretlerinin kendileri için çok önemli olan Mütercim-Tercümanlık bölümünden 20 öğrenci seçildi ve kendilerinin en çok problem yaşadığı üç noktalama işareti belirlendi. En sorunlu üç noktalama işaretlerinin belirlenmesinden sonra öğrenciler üç haftalık bir eğitim sürecine tabi tutuldular. Uygulanan öntest ve sontest sonuçlarına göre öğrencilere verilen açık eğitim öğrencilerin yazımlarında yanlış kullandıkları noktalama işaret sayısını azaltmıştır. Bu doğrultuda, mevcut çalışma noktalama işaretlerinin öğrencilerin dolaylı olarak öğrenemeyecekleri ve açık bir şekilde ders içerinde öğretilmesi gerektiğini ortaya koymaktadır. Bu çalışma aynı zamanda beş günlük bir eğitim programını ekler bölümünde sunmuştur. Bu ekin, üniversitelerin dil eğitimi bölümü hocaları tarafından kullanılması tavsiye edilmektedir.

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DEMİR, C. (2022). A crash course to improve punctuation skills of undergraduate students. Akdeniz Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt: 13 - Sayı: 29, 75–98. https://ajindex.com/articles/648305

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