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A WE-based English Communication Skills Course at a Turkish University

(Multilingual Matters, 2012) Bayyurt, Yasemin; ALTINMAKAS, DERYA; 10939; 107385

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An exploratory study on factors influencing undergraduate students’ academic writing practices in Turkey

(2019-01) Bayyurt, Yasemin; ALTINMAKAS, DERYA; 107385; 10939

In EAP contexts, attaining a desired level of competence and fluency in academic writing is important for students majoring in English-medium undergraduate programs because their academic achievements are determined by the texts they produce in English. Undergraduate students in Turkey are observed to experience difficulties with academic writing as they try to accommodate their existing writing knowledge to the requirements of the new discipline-specific writing and learning situation of tertiary level education. Placing the students at the core of inquiry, the study explored factors influencing students' academic writing practices in English. The participants of the study were nineteen English major undergraduate students studying in Istanbul. The main data were obtained from background questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, document analysis, and were qualitatively analysed. The findings revealed that undergraduate writing is influenced by an array of interrelating educational and contextual factors: (1) the amount and nature of L1 and L2 pre-university writing instruction and experience, (2) students’ perceptions about academic writing and disciplinary-specific text genres, (3) prolonged engagement with the academic context and discourse, and (4) expectations of faculty members. The insights gained from the study provide important implications for reconceptualization of writing instruction in Turkey.

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Applying WE EIL based English language instruction in a university English course at a foundation university in Turkey

(2010) Bayyurt Kerestecioğlu, Yasemin; ALTINMAKAS, DERYA; 10939; 107385

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Appropriateness of Global Textbooks for Local Contexts: Teachers' Perceptions

(2006) ALTINMAKAS, DERYA; 107385

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Conceptual Transition from EFL to ELF Business Professionals in Turkey

(2013) Çeçen Besimoğlu, Sevdeğer; Serdar Tülüce, Hande; Yalçın, Serdar; ALTINMAKAS, DERYA; 29634; 107385; 203892; 184237

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Conceptual Transition from English as a Foreign Language to BELF

(2019-01) Çeçen, Sevdeğer; Serdar Tülüce, Hande; Yalçın, Şebnem; ALTINMAKAS, DERYA; 107385; 29634; 203892; 184237

Business professionals, who use English language in their daily interactions at global corporate companies in Turkey, have been educated within the paradigm of teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). However, as most of their interactions in business world take place with speakers of other languages in multilingual/cultural settings, these professionals' use of English language as Lingua Franca (ELF) may commence to function in different domains with different purposes and communicative outcomes within the paradigm of BELF. However, to our best knowledge, how business professionals in Turkey use and conceptualize English language in their daily business domains and how they position themselves as users of English and BELF have not been investigated. With this aim in mind, we conducted a research with 19 business professionals working at global companies in Istanbul. The data was collected through a survey administered with 19 business professionals and semi-structured interviews with five informants working in top positions at those companies which serve global customers. The findings of the study revealed that business professionals in Turkey are in a state of flux between the two paradigms - i.e., EFL and ELF toward the construction of BELF because EFL and ELF co-exist in their minds.