THE EFFECTS OF THE TÜRKİYE CENTURY MAARİF MODEL WORKSHOP-SUPPORTED LANGUAGE EDUCATION ON STUDENTS' LANGUAGE SKILLS AND MOTIVATION

Abstract

Despite the fact that parents and students attach great importance to language education in our country, it is evaluated that the desired success is not at the desired level. Language education should not be limited to schools, but should be spread throughout life. One of the biggest reasons for not learning a language is the lack of exposure. The second important reason can be shown as the level of interest and desire of the students. For these reasons, it was decided to conduct Workshop-Based Language Education. First, a workshop was opened where students can do listening, speaking, reading and writing activities outside of normal class hours. In this workshop, both normal language lessons are taught and learning environments are provided where students can spend time in their other times. An interactive studio workshop was also opened as an integration to our workshop. In the research, a single group pre-test post-test simple experimental model was used from quantitative research methods. The universe of the research is high school students, and the sample is 9th and 10th grade students studying in a secondary school in Kayseri. Within the scope of the study, “English Placement Test (Intermediate)” was created to determine the language skill levels of the students. In addition, a 3-month “Workshop-Based Language Education Program” was prepared. When the results of the pre-test and the post-test repeated after the program were analyzed, it can be said that the foreign language education given in the workshops was beneficial. In addition, monthly English magazines were published under the name of “SEZENGLISH” within the scope of the workshop studies. English-Turkish, Turkish-English book translations were done. Our students’ practice exams were held in the interactive studio workshop, which is a language workshop and an integrated workshop. The practice exams were mostly performance-based (Theater, podcast, presentation, etc.). It was determined that these studies caused a significant increase in the students’ language level and encouraged them to learn the language in non-school environments. Considering the problems in language education, lack of exposure and students’ reluctance, it can be said that workshop-based language education is beneficial in increasing students’ motivation and level of English.