Full text release has been delayed at the author’s request until July 2, 2014.

Degree

Master of Computing and Information Systems, Youngstown State University, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, 2012.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was twofold. The first purpose was to describe a prototype for an online taskbased language learning (OTBLL) tool designed and developed for Turkish as a foreign language. The second purpose was to investigate the effectiveness of the OTBLL tool with respect to negotiation of meaning. More specifically, the experimental study examined the role of teaching approach in foreign language acquisition by comparing task-based instruction through the online task-based language learning tool to multimedia-based form-focused tool on the amount of negotiation of meaning. Two intermediate-level Turkish classes consisting of 28 high school students participated in this experiment. The classes were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: a control group with multimedia-based form-focused foreign language instruction and an experimental group with online task-based foreign language instructions. Instruction lasted for 10 days. The dependent variable was the amount of negotiation of meaning sequences in Turkish language produced by students in two conditions. Statistical analyses revealed that students with the online task-based instructions produced significantly more negotiation of meaning sequences than students with multimedia-based form-focused instructions. Based on those results, it was concluded that online task-based foreign language learning was more effective than multimedia-based form-focused instruction in increasing the amount of negotiation of meaning students produced.

Subject Headings

Computer Science; Educational Software; Educational Technology; Information Technology; Language

Keywords

task based; form focused; second language learning; information technology; education software; educational; Turkish

Committee / Advisors

Abdurrahman Arslanyilmaz, PhD (Committee Chair)
John Sullins, PhD (Committee Member)
Suzan Harper, MS (Committee Member)

Pages

viii, 46 p.

Document number: ysu1341252350
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