Alan Bilgisi Alan Eğitimi
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Alan Bilgisi Alan Eğitimi
ÖABT KPSS 2016 Pegem Akademi Sınav Komisyonu; İNGİLİZCE Alan Bilgisi Alan Eğitimi Eğitimde 29. yıl 2015 KPSS’ye Pegem Yayınları ile hazırlanan adayların, 40'ın üzerinde soruyu kolaylıkla çözebildiğini açıkladı. Komisyon ÖABT İngilizce Öğretmenliği Konu Anlatımlı ISBN 978-605-318-173-6 Kitapta yer alan bölümlerin tüm sorumluluğu yazarlarına aittir. © Pegem Akademi Bu kitabın basım, yayın ve satış hakları Pegem Akademi Yay. Eğt. Dan. Hizm. Tic. Ltd. Şti.ne aittir. Anılan kuruluşun izni alınmadan kitabın tümü ya da bölümleri, kapak tasarımı; mekanik, elektronik, fotokopi, manyetik, kayıt ya da başka yöntemlerle çoğaltılamaz, basılamaz, dağıtılamaz. Bu kitap T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı bandrolü ile satılmaktadır. Okuyucularımızın bandrolü olmayan kitaplar hakkında yayınevimize bilgi vermesini ve bandrolsüz yayınları satın almamasını diliyoruz. 5. Baskı: 2015, Ankara Proje-Yayın Yönetmeni: Şafak Tangıç Dizgi-Grafik Tasarım: Selda Tunç Kapak Tasarımı: Gürsel Avcı Baskı: Vadi Grup Ciltevi A.Ş. İvedik Organize Sanayi 28. Cadde 2284 Sokak No:105 Yenimahalle/ANKARA (0312 394 55 91) Yayıncı Sertifika No: 14749 Matbaa Sertifika No: 26687 İletişim Karanfil 2 Sokak No: 45 Kızılay / ANKARA Yayınevi: 0312 430 67 50 - 430 67 51 Yayınevi Belgeç: 0312 435 44 60 Dağıtım: 0312 434 54 24 - 434 54 08 Dağıtım Belgeç: 0312 431 37 38 Hazırlık Kursları: 0312 419 05 60 İnternet: www.pegem.net E-ileti: pegem@pegem.net ÖN SÖZ Sevgili Öğretmen Adayları, Bu kitap, Kamu Personeli Seçme Sınavı (KPSS) İngilizce Öğretmenliği Alan Bilgisi Testi (ÖABTİngilizce) kapsamındaki soruları çözmek için gerekli bilgi, beceri ve teknikleri edinmeniz ve geliştirmeniz sürecinde siz değerli öğretmen adaylarımıza kılavuzluk etmek için hazırlanmıştır. Kitabın hazırlanış sürecinde, sınav kapsamındaki temel alanlarda kapsamlı alanyazın taraması yapılmış, bu kitabın gerek İÖABT’de gerekse gelecekteki meslek hayatınızda ihtiyacınızı maksimum derecede karşılayacak bir başucu kitabı niteliğinde olması hedeflenmiştir. Detaylı, güncel ve anlaşılır bir dilde yazılan konu anlatımları, çıkmış sorular ve detaylı açıklamalarıyla desteklenmiş, her ünite içeriği ÖSYM formatına uygun, özgün soru ve detaylı çözümlü cevap anahtarıyla pekiştirilmiştir. Ayrıca konu anlatımlarında verilen çözüm tekniklerine ek olarak uyarı kutucuklarında önemli konuların altı çizilmiş ve alandaki önemli terminolojik bilgiler bölüm sonlarında verilmiştir. Bu kitabın hazırlanmasında yardım, destek ve katkılarını esirgemeyen Sevgi ŞAHİN, Funda DÖRTKULAK, Hilal BOZOĞLAN, Emre YAĞLI, Meriç Tutku ÖZMEN, Sibel YÜCEL ve Numan SERÇE'ye teşekkürlerimizi sunarız. Yoğun bir araştırma ve çalışma süreci ile hazırlanmış olan bu kitapla ilgili görüşlerinizi ve önerilerinizi bizimle pegem@pegem.net aracılığı ile paylaşabilirsiniz. Geleceğimizi güvenle emanet ettiğimiz siz değerli öğretmenlerimizin hizmet öncesi ve hizmet içi eğitimlerinde katkıda bulunabilmek ümidiyle... Başarılar. Komisyon KPSS İÖABT İLE İLGİLİ ÖNEMLİ BİLGİLER KPSS-İÖABT, 50 sorudan oluşmakta ve İngilizce Öğretmen Adaylarının Alan Eğitimi Bilgisi, Dilbilim, Edebiyat ve Dil Yeterliği alanlarındaki bilgi ve becerilerini ölçmeyi hedeflemektedir. Öğretmenlik Alan Bilgisi Testinde çıkan sorular, İngilizce Öğretmenlik Lisans Programlarında verilen akademik disiplinlere paralel olarak hazırlanmaktadır. Sınavdaki Alan-Soru dağılımı aşağıdaki tabloda belirtilmiştir. Yüzde Soru Sayısı Dil Yeterliği %50 25 Alan Eğitimi Bilgisi (Metodoloji) %20 10 Dil Bilim %16 8 Edebiyat %14 7 Genel Kültür, Genel Yetenek ve Eğitim Bilimleri Sınavlarınıza ek olarak gireceğiniz Öğretmenlik Alan Bilgisi Testi ile ilgili verilen bu bilgiler 2013-2014-2015 KPSS-İÖABT sınavları çerçevesinde hazırlanmıştır. Sınav içeriğinde yapılabilecek olası değişiklikleri ÖSYM'nin web sitesinden takip edebilirsiniz. CONTENT PAGE SECTION I METHODOLOGY CHAPTER 1 PART 1 APPROACHES, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING............................................................3 1. Linguistic Views.....................................................................................................................................................3 2. Theories Of Learning.............................................................................................................................................4 3. Definitions Of Terminologies..................................................................................................................................6 A. Before The Methods Era...........................................................................................................................................7 1. The Grammar Translation Method .......................................................................................................................7 2. Reform Movement.................................................................................................................................................9 3. Direct Method......................................................................................................................................................10 4. The Oral Approach And Situational Language Teaching....................................................................................12 B. The Methods Era.....................................................................................................................................................13 5. Audio-Lingual Method.........................................................................................................................................13 6. Silent Way...........................................................................................................................................................15 7. Suggestopedia....................................................................................................................................................18 8. Community Language Learning .........................................................................................................................20 9. Total Physical Response ....................................................................................................................................23 10. Whole Language Approach...............................................................................................................................25 11. Multiple Intelligences.........................................................................................................................................26 12. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (Nlp).................................................................................................................29 13. Lexical Approach...............................................................................................................................................30 14. Competency-Based Language Teaching .........................................................................................................31 C. Current Communicative Approaches...................................................................................................................32 15. Communicative Language Teaching.................................................................................................................32 16. Natural Approach .............................................................................................................................................35 17. Cooperative Language Learning.......................................................................................................................37 18. Task-Based Language Teaching.......................................................................................................................39 19. Content-Based Instruction.................................................................................................................................40 20. Participatory Approach......................................................................................................................................41 PART 2 POST-METHOD ERA....................................................................................................................................................42 A. Eclectic Approach/Eclecticism..............................................................................................................................43 B. Post-Method Pedagogy..........................................................................................................................................43 vi PART 3 COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK.......................................................................................................................44 A. Understanding And Using The Global Scale........................................................................................................44 B. The European Language Portfolio .......................................................................................................................46 PART 4 TECHNOLOGY IN ELT.................................................................................................................................................47 1. Computer-Assisted Learning (CALL)..................................................................................................................47 2. What’s Web 2.0?.................................................................................................................................................49 Subject Test 1..............................................................................................................................................................51 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı............................................................................................................................................55 CHAPTER 2 PART 1 TEACHING LANGUAGE SKILLS................................................................................................................................57 1. Teaching Listening...............................................................................................................................................57 2. Teaching Speaking..............................................................................................................................................60 3. Teaching Pronunciation.......................................................................................................................................63 4. Teaching Reading................................................................................................................................................64 5. Teaching Writing..................................................................................................................................................66 6. Teaching Vocabulary...........................................................................................................................................68 7. Teaching Grammar..............................................................................................................................................70 PART 2 FACTORS AFFECTING LANGUAGE LEARNING......................................................................................................72 A. Linguistic Factors...................................................................................................................................................72 Cross-Linguistic Influence and Learner Language..................................................................................................72 B. Individual Factors...................................................................................................................................................78 1. Age......................................................................................................................................................................78 2. Motivation ...........................................................................................................................................................78 3. Intelligence and Aptitude.....................................................................................................................................79 4. Characteristics Of Learners/Learning Styles.......................................................................................................80 5. Learning Strategies.............................................................................................................................................82 C. Sociocultural Factors.............................................................................................................................................82 1. Culture.................................................................................................................................................................83 2. Acculturation........................................................................................................................................................83 3. Intercultural Competence....................................................................................................................................83 4. English As A Lingua Franca................................................................................................................................83 5. World Englishes...................................................................................................................................................83 Subject Test 2..............................................................................................................................................................85 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı............................................................................................................................................89 vii CHAPTER 3 PART 1 TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS..........................................................................................................93 1. Who Are Young Learners?..................................................................................................................................93 2. Child as a Language Learner..............................................................................................................................94 3. Major Theories of Language and Cognitive Development..................................................................................94 4. Teaching Language Skills to Young Learners.....................................................................................................97 5. Teaching Speaking to Young Learners................................................................................................................97 6. Teaching Literacy Skills (Reading & Writing) To Young Learners........................................................................98 7. Teaching Vocabulary to Young Learners.............................................................................................................99 8. Teaching Grammar to Young Learners................................................................................................................99 9. Types of Syllabuses..........................................................................................................................................100 10. General Principles of Foreign Language Pedagogy For Young Learners.......................................................100 PART 2 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT..................................................................................................................................101 1. What is Classrom Management........................................................................................................................101 2. Classroom Management Areas.........................................................................................................................101 3. Key Factors in Language Classroom Management..........................................................................................102 4. Preventing Disruptions in the Class..................................................................................................................104 5. Classroom Management Strategies..................................................................................................................104 Subject Test 3............................................................................................................................................................105 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................109 CHAPTER 4 PART 1 MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT................................................................................................................................... 111 1. Definitions of Key Terminologies: Curriculum and Syllabus.............................................................................. 111 2. Approaches to Syllabus Design........................................................................................................................ 111 3. Shapes of Syllabus Design............................................................................................................................... 113 4. Materials and Material Types............................................................................................................................ 114 5. Principles for Materials Development................................................................................................................ 114 6. Steps in Materials Development........................................................................................................................ 115 PART 2 MATERIALS ADAPTATION........................................................................................................................................ 116 1. Why Do We Need to Adapt Materials?.............................................................................................................. 116 2. Objectives Of Adaptation................................................................................................................................... 116 3. Adaptation Techniques...................................................................................................................................... 117 viii PART 3 MATERIALS EVALUATION........................................................................................................................................ 119 1. What is Evaluation?........................................................................................................................................... 119 2. Why Do We Evaluate Materials?....................................................................................................................... 119 3. Approaches to Materials Evaluation.................................................................................................................. 119 PART 4 TESTING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING......................................................................................................120 1. What is a Test?..................................................................................................................................................120 2. Definitions: The Differences Between Testing, Assessment and Evaluation.....................................................120 3. Why Do We Test?..............................................................................................................................................120 4. Ways of Assessment.........................................................................................................................................120 5. Test Types.........................................................................................................................................................121 6. Criteria For a Good Test....................................................................................................................................122 7. Types of Test Items...........................................................................................................................................123 8. Testing Language Skills And Language Areas.................................................................................................124 9. Historical Trends in Language Testing..............................................................................................................125 Subject Test 4............................................................................................................................................................126 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................130 Appendix Elt Glossory����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������133 Bibliography����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������149 ix SECTION 2 LINGUISTICS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS...........................................................................................................................157 PART 1 WHAT IS LANGUAGE?..............................................................................................................................................157 The Definition of Language...................................................................................................................................157 PART 2 WHAT IS LINGUISTICS?............................................................................................................................................163 1. Definition of Linguistics......................................................................................................................................163 2. Definition of Grammar.......................................................................................................................................163 3. Branches of Linguistics.....................................................................................................................................163 PART 3 LANGUAGE IN HUMAN BRAIN.................................................................................................................................165 1. Physiology of Human Brain...............................................................................................................................165 2. Modularity of Human Brain................................................................................................................................165 3. The Autonomy of Language..............................................................................................................................167 4. Plasticity of Human Brain..................................................................................................................................167 5. The Critical Age Hypothesis..............................................................................................................................167 Subject Test 1............................................................................................................................................................168 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................171 CHAPTER 2 MORPHOLOGY & PHONOLOGY..............................................................................................................................175 PART 1 MORPHOLOGY..........................................................................................................................................................175 1. What is Morphology?.........................................................................................................................................175 2. Morphemes: The Smallest Meaningful Units.....................................................................................................175 3. Inflectional Morphology.....................................................................................................................................179 4. Morphological Analysis......................................................................................................................................180 5. Word Formation Processes...............................................................................................................................180 PART 2 PHONETICS................................................................................................................................................................182 1. Branches of Phonetics......................................................................................................................................182 2. Articulatory Phonetics........................................................................................................................................182 3. AspIrated vs. Unaspirated Sounds....................................................................................................................185 x PART 3 PHONOLOGY.............................................................................................................................................................185 1. What is Phonology?..........................................................................................................................................185 2. What is Phoneme?............................................................................................................................................185 3. Phonotactics......................................................................................................................................................187 4. Phonological Rules............................................................................................................................................188 Subject Test 2............................................................................................................................................................189 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................192 CHAPTER 3 SYNTAX & SEMANTICS............................................................................................................................................195 PART 1 SYNTAX......................................................................................................................................................................195 1. What is Syntax?................................................................................................................................................195 2. What is Grammaticality?...................................................................................................................................195 PART 2 SEMANTICS...............................................................................................................................................................200 WHAT IS SEMANTICS?.............................................................................................................................................200 1. Branches of Semantics.....................................................................................................................................200 2. The Truth Condition...........................................................................................................................................200 3. Ambiguity...........................................................................................................................................................201 4. Principle of Compositionality.............................................................................................................................202 5. Anomaly............................................................................................................................................................202 6. Semantic Features............................................................................................................................................203 7. Argument Structure...........................................................................................................................................203 8. Lexical Relations...............................................................................................................................................204 Subject Test 3............................................................................................................................................................206 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................209 CHAPTER 4 PRAGMATICS, DISCOURSE & SOCIOLINGUISTICS..............................................................................................213 PART 1 DISCOURSE ANALYSIS............................................................................................................................................213 1. What is Discourse Analysis?.............................................................................................................................213 2. Components of Discourse.................................................................................................................................213 3. Conversation Analysis.......................................................................................................................................216 xi PART 2 PRAGMATICS.............................................................................................................................................................217 1. What Is Pragmatics?.........................................................................................................................................217 2. Speech Act Theory............................................................................................................................................217 3. The Cooperative Principle.................................................................................................................................218 4. Politeness Theory..............................................................................................................................................219 PART 3 SOCIOLINGUISTICS..................................................................................................................................................220 1. What Is Sociolinguistics?...................................................................................................................................220 Subject Test 4............................................................................................................................................................224 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................228 CHAPTER 5 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.......................................................................................................................................231 PART 1 FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION............................................................................................................................231 1. How do Children Acquire Language?................................................................................................................231 2. Unversality of Stages in Language Acquisition.................................................................................................233 3. Language Development in First Language Acquisition.....................................................................................233 4. Stages of Acquisition.........................................................................................................................................234 5. Universal Grammar (UG)...................................................................................................................................235 6. Bilingualism.......................................................................................................................................................236 PART 2 SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.......................................................................................................................237 1. Critical Period Hypothesis.................................................................................................................................237 2. Communication Strategies................................................................................................................................238 Subject Test 5............................................................................................................................................................239 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................242 Appendix A Spelling In English....................................................................................................................................................245 Appendix B Linguistics Glossary.................................................................................................................................................248 Bibliography...............................................................................................................................................................267 xii SECTION 3 ENGLISH LITERATURE CHAPTER 1 LITERARY PERIODS IN BRITISH LITERATURE......................................................................................................271 1. Old English Period: 450-1066...........................................................................................................................275 2. Middle English Period: 1066-1500....................................................................................................................275 3. Renaissance Period: 1500-1660.......................................................................................................................277 4. Neoclassical Period: 1660-1785........................................................................................................................281 5. The Romantic Period: 1785-1837.....................................................................................................................282 6. The Victorian Period: 1837-1901.......................................................................................................................284 7. The 20th Century...............................................................................................................................................286 Subject Test 1............................................................................................................................................................288 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................291 CHAPTER 2 LITERARY MOVEMENTS..........................................................................................................................................293 1. Absurdism (c. 1930–1970)................................................................................................................................293 2. Aestheticism (c. 1835–1910).............................................................................................................................293 3. Angry Young Men (1950s–1980s).....................................................................................................................293 4. Bloomsbury Group (c. 1906–1930s).................................................................................................................293 th 5. Cavalier Poetry (17 Century)..........................................................................................................................293 6. Enlightenment (c. 1660–1790)..........................................................................................................................293 7. Elizabethan Era (c. 1558–1603)........................................................................................................................293 8. Existentialism (C. 1940S-Present)....................................................................................................................293 th 9. Imagism (Early 20 Century)............................................................................................................................294 10. In Yer Face Theather (C. 1990S – Present)....................................................................................................294 11. Kitchen Sink Realism (C. 1950S-2000S).........................................................................................................294 12. Metaphysical Poets (c. 1633–1680) ...............................................................................................................294 13. Middle English (c. 1066–1500)........................................................................................................................294 14. Modernism (1890s–1940s) . ...........................................................................................................................294 15. Naturalism (c. 1865–1900)..............................................................................................................................294 16. Neoclassicism (c. 1660–1798)........................................................................................................................295 17. Postcolonial Literature (c. 1950s–present)......................................................................................................295 18. Postmodernism (c. 1945–present)..................................................................................................................295 19. Pre-Raphaelites (c. 1848–1870).....................................................................................................................295 20. Realism (c. 1830–1900)..................................................................................................................................295 21. Romanticism (c. 1798–1832)..........................................................................................................................295 22. Surrealism (1920s–1930s)..............................................................................................................................295 23. Symbolism (1870s–1890s)..............................................................................................................................296 24. Victorian Era (c. 1832–1901)...........................................................................................................................296 Subject Test 2............................................................................................................................................................297 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................299 xiii CHAPTER 3 FIGURES OF SPEECH...............................................................................................................................................301 1. Allegory.............................................................................................................................................................301 2. AllIteration.........................................................................................................................................................301 3. Allusion..............................................................................................................................................................301 4. Anachronism.....................................................................................................................................................301 5. Analogy.............................................................................................................................................................301 6. Anaphora...........................................................................................................................................................301 7. Aphorism...........................................................................................................................................................301 8. Apostrophe........................................................................................................................................................301 9. Archaism...........................................................................................................................................................301 10. Archetype........................................................................................................................................................301 11. Assonance.......................................................................................................................................................301 12. Chiasmus........................................................................................................................................................302 13. Circumlocution.................................................................................................................................................302 14. Conceit............................................................................................................................................................302 15. Connotation and Denotation............................................................................................................................302 16. Consonance....................................................................................................................................................302 17. Deus ex Machina.............................................................................................................................................302 18. Ekphrastic / ekphrasis.....................................................................................................................................302 19. Epithet.............................................................................................................................................................302 20. Euphemism.....................................................................................................................................................302 21. Flashback........................................................................................................................................................302 22. Flashforward....................................................................................................................................................303 23. Foreshadowing................................................................................................................................................303 24. Hyperbole........................................................................................................................................................303 25. Imagery...........................................................................................................................................................303 26. Irony................................................................................................................................................................303 27. Kenning...........................................................................................................................................................304 28. Lampoon.........................................................................................................................................................304 29. Litote................................................................................................................................................................304 30. Malapropism....................................................................................................................................................304 31. Metaphor.........................................................................................................................................................304 32. Metonymy........................................................................................................................................................304 33. Onomatopoeia.................................................................................................................................................304 34. Oxymoron........................................................................................................................................................304 35. Paradox...........................................................................................................................................................304 36. Periphrasis......................................................................................................................................................304 xiv 37. Personification.................................................................................................................................................304 38. Polysyndeton...................................................................................................................................................305 39. Portmanteau....................................................................................................................................................305 40. Pun..................................................................................................................................................................305 41. Sarcasm..........................................................................................................................................................305 42. Satire...............................................................................................................................................................305 43. Simile...............................................................................................................................................................305 44. Spoonerism.....................................................................................................................................................306 45. Parody ............................................................................................................................................................306 46. Synecdoche.....................................................................................................................................................306 47. Understatement (Meiosis)...............................................................................................................................306 Subject Test 3............................................................................................................................................................307 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................310 CHAPTER 4 LITERARY GENRES AND FORMS............................................................................................................................313 Literary Genre............................................................................................................................................................313 1. Prose.................................................................................................................................................................313 a. Elements of Narrative..................................................................................................................................313 b. Types of Novels...........................................................................................................................................316 2. Poetry................................................................................................................................................................317 a. Elements of Poetry......................................................................................................................................317 b. Types of Poetry...........................................................................................................................................318 3. Drama................................................................................................................................................................320 Subject Test 4............................................................................................................................................................323 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................325 Biblography................................................................................................................................................................326 xv SECTION 4 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY CHAPTER 1 TENSES & ACTIVE, PASSSIVE AND CAUSITIVES.................................................................................................329 1.Tenses (Zamanlar) ............................................................................................................................................329 2. Passive Voıce....................................................................................................................................................335 3. Causative Verbs (Ettirgen Fiiller).......................................................................................................................337 Subject Test 1............................................................................................................................................................338 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................341 CHAPTER 2 PART 1 PARTS OF SPEECH...................................................................................................................................................345 1. Nouns (İsimler)..................................................................................................................................................345 2. Pronouns (Zamirler)..........................................................................................................................................347 3. Adjectives (Sıfatlar)...........................................................................................................................................349 4. Quantifiers.........................................................................................................................................................351 5. Adverbs (Zarflar)...............................................................................................................................................354 6. Articles (A/An and The).....................................................................................................................................357 7. Connectors (Bağlaçlar)......................................................................................................................................360 8. Prepostions (Edatlar).........................................................................................................................................363 9. Verbs.................................................................................................................................................................368 10. Interjections.....................................................................................................................................................369 Categories of Verbs...............................................................................................................................................372 PART 2 AFFIXES - PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES.....................................................................................................................375 Subject Test 2............................................................................................................................................................377 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................380 xvi CHAPTER 3 MODALS.....................................................................................................................................................................385 1. Advice................................................................................................................................................................386 2. Duty...................................................................................................................................................................386 3. Habits................................................................................................................................................................386 4. Possibility..........................................................................................................................................................386 5. Ability.................................................................................................................................................................387 6. Necessity...........................................................................................................................................................387 7. Deduction..........................................................................................................................................................388 8. Prohibition.........................................................................................................................................................388 9. Absence of Necessity........................................................................................................................................388 10. Permission.......................................................................................................................................................389 11. Suggestion.......................................................................................................................................................389 12. Invitations........................................................................................................................................................389 13. Preference.......................................................................................................................................................389 14. Dare.................................................................................................................................................................389 15. Perfect Modals................................................................................................................................................389 Subject Test 3............................................................................................................................................................391 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................393 CHAPTER 4 CLAUSES...................................................................................................................................................................397 1. Noun Clauses (İsim Cümlesi)............................................................................................................................397 2. Adverbial Clauses (Zarf Cümlecikleri)...............................................................................................................399 3. Relative Clauses (Sıfat Cümlecikleri)................................................................................................................403 4. Conditional Clauses (Şart Cümlecikleri)............................................................................................................407 Subject Test 4............................................................................................................................................................410 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................413 CHAPTER 5 GERUNDS & INFINITIVES.........................................................................................................................................417 1. Gerunds (Ad Eylemler)......................................................................................................................................417 2. Infinitives (Mastarlar).........................................................................................................................................418 3. Anlam Değişikliğine Neden Olmadan hem Mastar (Infinitive) hem de Ad Eylem (Gerund) Alabilen Fiiller ......421 4. Anlam Değişikliğine Neden Olarak hem Mastar (Infinitive) hem de Ad Eylem (Gerund) Alabilen Fiiller ..........421 5. Mastar (To Infinitive) ya da Ad Eylem (Gerund) Almayan Fiiller: Bare Infinitive (Çıplak Mastarlar)..................422 Subject Test 5............................................................................................................................................................423 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................426 xvii CHAPTER 6 AMBIGUITY................................................................................................................................................................429 1. Structural Ambiguity (Yapısal Belirsizlik)...........................................................................................................429 2. Lexical Ambiguity (Sözcüklerle İlgili Belirsizlik).................................................................................................431 Subject Test 6............................................................................................................................................................432 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................435 CHAPTER 7 PUNCTUATION MARKS............................................................................................................................................439 1. The Full Stop/The Period: Nokta (.)...................................................................................................................439 2. The Comma: Virgül (,) ......................................................................................................................................439 3. The Apostrophe: Kesme İşareti (‘).....................................................................................................................440 4. The Quotation Mark: Tırnak İşareti (“ ”).............................................................................................................440 5. The Semi-Colon: Noktalı Virgül (;).....................................................................................................................441 6. The Colon: İki Nokta (:).....................................................................................................................................441 7. The Hyphen: Kısa çizgi (-).................................................................................................................................442 8. The Dash: Uzun Çizgi (–)..................................................................................................................................442 9. The Parantheses: Parantez (( ))........................................................................................................................442 10. The Exclamation Mark: Ünlem (!)....................................................................................................................442 11. The Question Mark: Soru İşareti (?)................................................................................................................442 Subject Test 7............................................................................................................................................................443 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................447 CHAPTER 8 RESTATEMENT..........................................................................................................................................................449 Subject Test 8............................................................................................................................................................453 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................458 CHAPTER 9 DIALOGUE COMPLETION.........................................................................................................................................461 Subject Test 9............................................................................................................................................................464 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................473 xviii CHAPTER 10 PARAGRAPH COMPLETION.....................................................................................................................................475 Subject Test 10..........................................................................................................................................................479 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................487 CHAPTER 11 FINDING IRRELEVANT SENTENCES.......................................................................................................................491 Subject Test 11...........................................................................................................................................................494 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................499 CHAPTER 12 READING COMPREHENSION...................................................................................................................................503 1. Okuma Teknikleri...............................................................................................................................................503 2. Soru Tipleri........................................................................................................................................................504 3. Test Teknikleri....................................................................................................................................................506 Subject Test 12..........................................................................................................................................................509 Çözümlü Cevap Anahtarı..........................................................................................................................................515 Appendix A Affixes........................................................................................................................................................................519 Appendix B Idiom List....................................................................................................................................................................529 Bibliography...............................................................................................................................................................537 SECTION 1 METHODOLOGY KPSS-İÖABT includes 10 questions on the field of ELT Methodology, which encompasses the topics of Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, Teaching Language Skills, and Teaching English to Young Learners & Classroom Management, Materials Development, Adaptation & Evaluation, and Testing in ELT. The first section of this book provides detailed information about the above mentioned topics in the field of ELT Methodology with a comprehensive literature review within the scope of KPSS-İÖABT. Moreover, sample questions have been taken from KPSS-ÖABT and included under the relevant subjects in the chapters. As in each section in the book, this one also contains a subject test and an answer key with detailed explanations. CHAPTER 1 PART 1 APPROACHES, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING When the history of language teaching and learning is searched and examined, it can be seen that depending on the needs and the educational conditions of the time, different perspectives have emerged. This, together with the pursuit of the best method, led to the appearance of a wide range of approaches and methods regarding how language teaching needs to be carried out. The shortcomings of an approach and method paved the way for another one in order to compensate for these lacks and problems. The complexity of the contexts and the dynamic nature of the classroom have led us to the conclusion that there is no best method that can be universally accepted. Instead, teachers now acknowledge the need to adopt an informed and eclectic approach, incorporating elements from the range of methods and approaches at hand. As mentioned above, throughout the history of the field of foreign language teaching, different approaches and methods have emerged and were affected by certain linguistics and psychology theories in this process. In order to discover and clearly understand the principles and underlying assumptions of the approaches and methods of language learning and teaching, linguistic and psychological views in language teaching methodology first need to be understood. Therefore, linguistic and psychological views are briefly explained below. 1. LINGUISTIC VIEWS 1.1. THE TRADITIONAL VIEW Considering that the everyday spoken language is neither pure nor perfect and it includes errors, for centuries scholars have focused on the written language and its grammatical structures. With the emphasis on the accurate production of the language and determining the correct way of putting things into words, they followed a prescriptivist approach to the language (Please See Linguistics Chapter 1 for further information about prescriptivism). They were not concerned with the usage of the language for communication purposes, yet a tool for understanding the literature of the target language. To do that, they taught how to form grammatically correct sentences along with the knowledge of vocabulary. 1.2. STRUCTURALISM In structuralism, language is viewed as a system of structurally related elements to convey meaning. It is an approach to linguistics which originated from the studies of Ferdinand de Saussure. The core idea of this theory for teaching language is that language can be analyzed as a formal system of differential components. In addition, language is considered to be basically for speech and not reading or writing, consisting of habits which are systematically different from those in other languages. Teaching the language rather than teaching about the language is emphasized. In contrast to the traditional view in which written language is given priority and prescriptivism is adopted, the followers of this view focused on everyday language use and speech by examining the way people used the language not necessarily in the way scholars prescribed them to do, which is called descriptivism (Please refer to Linguistics Chapter 1 for further information about descriptivism). This descriptive approach to language aimed at depicting the language at the level of sound, word and sentence. In short, structural linguistics emphasized the significance of language as a system and examines the role that linguistic units such as sounds, words, sentences play within this system. In association with behaviorism, it provided the principal theoretical basis of the audio lingual method, and in this way influenced language teaching materials, and techniques. 1.3. THE GENERATIVE TRANSFORMATIONAL THEORY Noam Chomsky opposed to the assumptions of structuralism and criticized it heavily by emphasizing that there is an underlying level for all utterances of the native speakers. The theory opposed to the empiricist theory, which is pedagogically audiolingualism, psychologically behaviorism, and linguistically structuralism. It emphasized mental activity and proposed that human beings have the capability to learn a language. It is the inborn ability instead of practice that enabled human beings to obtain the rules of a language and comprehend or produce unlimited numbers of utterances. Basically, Chomsky introduced two core ideas in his theory. The first one is related to the distinction between competence and performance. Competence is defined as the knowledge of the language; however, performance is the actual use of the language, which is observable. The explanation of knowledge underlying the human ability to speak and understand the language is at the centre. Consequently, in this approach, each speaker has a linguistic organ specialized in the analysis and production of complex structures forming the speech. In other words, most of this knowledge of language is innate, so babies are born wired to acquire language and needs only actually learn the idiosyncratic features of the languages they are exposed to. The second core idea put forward in the theory was creativity of language knowledge; namely, explaining how people can produce and comprehend utterances which they have never heard before. Referring back to what was mentioned about competence, it can be stated that people depend on their language competence in order to generate novel utterances. 4 People generate their sentences and structure them on the basis of their knowledge of what is acceptable according to the grammatical systems of the language. ATTENTION 1.4. THE COMMUNICATIVE VIEW The communicative or functional view of language proposes that language is actually a vehicle in order to express functional meaning conveyed through structures. In the first place, semantic and communicative aspects of language are emphasized rather than the linguistic units, yet it should be noted that they are not totally neglected. Dell Hymes suggested that linguistic competence was not sufficient for a person to be able to use a language communicatively since it ignored the actual usage of language which is very much affected by contextual factors, such as interlocutors’ relationship, degree of closeness, physical context, age or gender of the interlocutors. Hymes introduced the concept of communicative competence (See Communicative Language Teaching in this chapter for more detailed information) which can be defined as the appropriate and effective use of language in line with the contextual factors influencing the choice of words and structures 2. THEORIES OF LEARNING 1.Reinforcement is act of increasing the probability of a specific behavior in the future by delivering a stimulus immediately after a response/behavior is displayed correctly or desirably. It is divided into two: a.Positive Reinforcement: It refers to presenting a motivating stimulus to the student after the desired behavior is demonstrated, to make the behavior more likely to occur in the future (e.g., praising the student for doing his/her homework) b.Negative Reinforcement: It means removing a certain stimulus (often an aversive one) after a particular behavior is displayed to increase the likelihood of that behavior to happen again because of avoiding the negative consequence (e.g., taking away the deadline for the homework). 2Punishment: It is a process by which an unwanted result immediately follows a behavior that decreases the future frequency of that behavior. There are two types of punishment: a. Positive Punishment: It is presenting a negative consequence after an undesired behavior is exhibited to make that behavior less likely to occur in the future (e.g., the student talks to his/her friend all the time during the lesson, and the teacher reprimands him/her). b. Negative Punishment: It refers to removing a certain desired stimulus after a particular unwanted behavior is exhibited in order to decrease the occurrence of that behavior in the future (e.g., cancelling game time when the students haven’t done their homework). 2.1. BEHAVIORISM Behaviorism considers learning as habit formation assuming a learner is essentially passive imitator who responds to environmental stimuli. According to the theory, people start learning as a tabula rasa; that’s without any previous knowledge or competence and behavior is shaped by means of positive or negative reinforcement. Both positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement are used to increase the chance of the behavior to happen again. However, punishment decreases the probability of behavior to occur again. Briefly, followers of this theory completely neglected the importance of mind in the formation of verbal behavior. According to this stimulus-response theory introduced by Skinner, learning is a process of automatic habit formation happening via reinforcement of a mechanical relation between a stimulus and the desirable response. Errors are bad habits interfering in the learning process, so they need to be immediately corrected by the teachers. With punishment, always remember that the end result is to try to decrease the undesired behavior. However, in reinforcement, the aim is to increase the likelihood of the wanted behavior to happen again. ATTENTION Behaviorism has a tendency to rely on drill exercises to provide the consistent repetition necessary for effective reinforcement of response patterns. Thus, memorization and imitation are at the heart of this theory. The use of positive reinforcements such as verbal praise, good grades, and prizes is also frequent. 2.2. COGNITIVE THEORY The emphasis here is on the importance of experience, meaning, problem-solving and the development of insights. Different from Behaviorism, in which the language learning is believed to occur as a result of imitation and a lot of repetitions, this theory is based on internal and mental processes in language learning. Second language acquisition can be explained with a description of the interaction between language and cognition. In cognitive 5 not just the intellect. It also takes into consideration the emotional and spiritual needs of an individual. According to humanism, the receiver in education is first a human being; the secondary role of the individual is being a learner. It is emphasized that individuals’ basic needs are decided by their potential energy. When and if they cannot satisfy their basic needs physically and psychologically, they will surely fail to completely concentrate on their language learning. Emotions, feelings and attitudes of the learners towards language and language learning, their needs, interests, beliefs and motivations are the core concerns of humanism since they are the premise of the other physical and psychological activities. Therefore, before aiming at teaching the language, preparing the necessary conditions and classroom atmosphere is intended in order to make sure that learners feel relaxed and comfortable. By this way, their purpose is to avoid negative attitudes towards language learning. A humanistic approach in teaching both helps learners easily learn things but also develops their personality in various ways. Self-actualization is at the centre because the only reason for individuals to learn is to satisfy needs of the self-actualization. It follows that the study of the self, motivation, and goals are areas of particular interest. Moreover, the objective of education is to raise open-minded, dynamic and adjustable individuals in a cooperative, supportive environment. theory, individuals are said to process information and thoughts involved in this cognitive activity are referred to as “internal processes”. Learning strategies are special ways of processing information that enhance comprehension and learning. The basic tenets of cognitive theory can be given as in the following: • It focuses on transferring, simplification, generalization, and restructuring that involve second language acquisition. • Language learning is the result of internal mental activity. • It emphasizes that knowledge and new learning is organized in a mental structure. • Learners act, construct, plan and analyze their own learning • Positive and negative feedback is important for restructuring. • Once new information is acquired, existing knowledge is reorganized. • Learning language needs to be meaningful in order to be effective and permanent 2.3. HUMANISM The humanistic approach tends to regard language learning as a process that engages the whole person and Overview Of Learning Theories View of knowledge Behaviorism Cognitive Theory Humanism Constructivism Knowledge is a Knowledge systems of Knowledge is formed by the Knowledge is constructed repertoire of behavioral cognitive structures are development of the whole person within social contexts responses to actively constructed by by integrating the cognitive and through interactions with environmental stimuli. learners based on pre- affective aspects of the learning. a knowledge community. existing cognitive No concern for teaching static structures. knowledge as the aim is to teach how to learn. View of learning Passive absorption Active assimilation and Function of the whole person and Integration of students of a predefined body accommodation of new believe that learning cannot take into a knowledge of knowledge by the information to existing place unless both the cognitive community. learner. cognitive structures. and affective domains are Promoted by Discovery by learners. involved repetition and positive Personal act to fulfill learners’ reinforcement. potential. Extrinsic, involving Intrinsic; learners set Intrinsic; learners learn for self- positive and negative their own goals and actualization. reinforcement. motivate themselves to learn. View of motivation Collaborative assimilation and accommodation of new information. Intrinsic and extrinsic. Learning goals and Providing active support, motives are determined encouragement for the both by learners and individuals to learn from their extrinsic rewards successes and failures keep provided by the them motivated to learn. knowledge community. Correct behavioral The teacher facilitates The teacher is a facilitator Collaborative learning is responses are learning by providing that provides an anxiety-free facilitated and guided by Implications for transmitted by the an environment that classroom and comfortable the teacher. Teaching teacher and absorbed promotes discovery learning to reduce the affective by the students. and assimilation/ filter Group work. accommodation. Taken from : http://gsi.berkeley.edu/teachingguide/theories/overview.html 6 2.4. CONNECTIONISM Connectionism is another cognitive framework for the focus on learning Processes. It differs from most other current frameworks for the study of SLA because it doesn’t consider language learning to involve either innate knowledge or abstraction of rules and principles. However, it asserts that language learning results from increasing strength of associations (connections) between stimuli and responses. This framework considers frequency of input an important causative factor in learning. From this input, learners extract the rules of the language through cognitive processes common to other areas of cognitive skill acquisition. As connectionism doesn’t accept innate rules and the existence of any innate language-learning module, L2 input is of huge importance; therefore, input is the source of both the units and the rules of language. According to Connectionism, language includes units which are intertwined in mind, so acquisition occurs through associating elements or ideas with one another by means of experiences. çıkmış soru I. Children are born with a specific innate ability to acquire language acquisition; thus, they are biologically endowed to learn language. II. Habit formation; that's learning, takes place when children imitate and repeat the language they are exposed in the immediate environment, and their correct responses are reinforced positively. III. Language includes units which are intertwined in mind, so acquisition occurs through associating elements or ideas with one another by means of experiences. Which of the following matches is correct regarding first language acquisition theories? I II III A) Cognitivist Behaviorist Connectionist B) Innatist Interactionist Cognitivist C) Behaviorist Connectionist Interactionist D) Innatist Behaviorist Connectionist E) Behaviorist Cognitivist Interactionist ANSWER: Dil edinimi teorilerinden "innatist" (doğuştancılık) çocuğun bir dil edinme mekanizmasıyla doğduğunu ve biyolojik olarak dil edinimi için programlandığını savunmaktadır. Soru kökündeki birinci öncül bu teoriyi açıklamaktadır. "Behaviorism" (davranışçılık) dil edinimini "habit formation" (alışkanlık oluşturma) olarak ta- nımlayan, çocukların etrafında duydukları dili taklit edip tekrar etmesiyle ve de yetişkinler tarafından pekiştirilmesiyle oluştuğunu savunur. Sorudaki ikinci öncül bu teoriye aittir. "Connectionism" (bağlantıcılık) dil ediniminin, deneyimler sırasında karşılaşılan unsurlar ve fikirler arasında bağlantı kurularak oluştuğunu iddia etmektedir. Bu da soruda verilen üçüncü öncülde ifade edilmektedir. The answer is D. 3. DEFINITIONS OF TERMINOLOGIES Before moving on with giving detailed information about each approach and method in language teaching and learning, we need to define and clarify three important, often confusing, terminologies in this field: Edward Anthony’s (1963) tripartite is the first attempt to make distinction among these terms. In order to define what ‘method’ is, we can consider the distinction of Approach, Method and Technique. According to his definitions, an approach can be considered as the broadest circle which presents a set of assumptions as to the nature and the components of the language and language teaching and learning. It also gives information regarding the necessary conditions for language learning to occur. Approach is also axiomatic, something the truth of which cannot be proven. An approach can adopt one of the following 3 theories of language: 1. Structural view: According to structural view, language is viewed as structurally related units such as grammatical, phonological and lexical ones. 2. Functional view: In functional view, language is described as a vehicle to express functional meaning. 3. Interactional view: An approach adopting interactional view considers language as a vehicle to establish and maintain interpersonal relationship with other people. However, method is the overall plan for the organized presentation of language material. It is basically the practical application of theoretical findings and positions. In this sense, it becomes clear that a method needs to be based on an approach. A method is procedural while approach is axiomatic. 7 Methods are typically informed by both a theory of language and a theory of language learning. To give an example, it can be stated that audiolingualism took its assumptions from a structuralist model of language and behaviourist learning theory. ATTENTION Finally, the smallest circle is the technique which is implementational. It is defined as the activities, practices, and tasks utilized in the classroom. Techniques need to be consistent with a method, and thus in harmony with an approach. Later on, the concept of method is further explained by Richards & Rodgers (1982) in relation to Approach, Design and Procedure. Different from the distinction made by Anthony, design is described as the term regarding the theories of language and learning to the form and function of teaching materials and activities in the classroom, types of syllabus, and roles of teacher, student and instructional materials. Procedure, however, is related to the techniques and practices utilized in the classroom as a result of particular approaches and designs. Methodology is the umbrella term and it refers to “pedagogical practices in general and whatever considerations are involved in ‘how to teach’. Approach is defined as the theoretical beliefs and assumptions about the view of language and language learning and teaching while method is the generalized procedures, based on an approach, as to how foreign languages are taught, what the roles of the teacher, student and instructional materials are and what type of syllabus is adopted. Technique, on the other hand, is the narrowest term that refers to the application of the procedures, presented by a method, through activities, practices, tasks and exercises. ATTENTION A. BEFORE THE METHODS ERA 1. THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD The Grammar Translation Method is an old and traditional method that was first utilized to teach classical languages like Latin and Greek. The reason why oral language was not the focus of this method can be attributed to the fact that it was used to teach dead languages. It did not follow any approach. The purpose of learning and teaching a foreign language is to read and understand and appreciate the literary texts (i.e., literature of the foreign language) in the target language so that individual can develop themselves intellectually and strengthen the powers of the mind. The lessons are taught in students’ first language by making use of translation. • The purpose of learning a foreign language is to read the literary texts in the target language and to develop the learners intellectually. • Other names given to the method are classical method, traditional method; grammar school method and Prussian method. ATTENTION 1.1. Learning Theory: Deductive teaching and learning is of great importance in the method. In deductive learning, the learners are given the rules of the target language directly and explicitly and the correct productions of the structures are reinforced through example sentences and exercises. Translation is the main way of learning the language. 1.2. Language Theory: The role of the language is to help learners understand the literature of the target language so that they become more cultured and intellectual. Language consists of abstract grammatical rules and the written language is considered superior over spoken language. Apart from the linguistic structures in the target language, the students also learn the structure of their mother tongue. 1.3. Goals and Objectives: The Grammar Translation Method aims at teaching translation, reading and understanding the literature in the target language, raising the students’ awareness for their native language structure and vocabulary, and to improve students’ mental capacities with grammar practices. 1.4. The Role of Culture: Culture is limited to the literature and the fine arts of the target language; and it is learned through reading the literary texts which are full of complex grammatical structures and translating them. 1.5. The Role of Mother Tongue: The mother tongue of the students has a significant function in teaching vocabulary and grammar. Because oral communication and interaction in the target language are not focused to teach and develop, classroom instructions occur in the first language. 1.6. The Role of the Teacher: Teacher is considered as the only and strict authority in the classroom; thus, the classroom is teacher-centered by not putting the students at the centre of the teaching and learning process. 8 1.7. The Role of the Student: Students are regarded as the passive receivers of the new information transmitted from the teacher. The activities are initiated and directed by the teacher. Consequently, the students are expected to be passive, teacher-dependent and memorize the rules and the new vocabulary with mother tongue equivalents. 1.8. Teaching Language Areas: Grammar and vocabulary are primary language areas to be taught. Because the written language is given utmost importance, and the spoken language is neglected, so pronunciation is not focused for development. 1.8.1. Teaching Grammar: Teaching grammar occurs through the use of deductive teaching. Students are supposed to memorize the abstract rules of the linguistic structures. Afterwards, they apply these rules to new examples in the exercises. In the meantime, the teacher compares and contrasts the rules of the structures in the students’ first language and the target language using translation. Deductive teaching of grammar is an approach to teach the language where the students are taught the rules of the grammar directly and explicitly without using meaningful context. Examples follow the provision of the explicitly given rules. ATTENTION çıkmış soru (“deductive” ve “inductive teaching” ile ilgili çıkan soruya yakın nitelikte örnek soru) -----teaching involves giving the students examples of language within a meaningful context and working with them to come up with the target grammatical rules, whereas -----teaching begins by giving students the rules and working with them to produce language by applying the rules. Which of the following best complete the given statement? A) Direct / implicit B) Inductive / deductive C) Discovery / inquiry D) Deductive / inductive E) Meaning-based / deductive ANSWER: “Deductive ve inductive teaching”, genelde gramer öğretiminde bahsedilen iki yaklaşımdır. “Deductive teaching’de dilbilgisi kuralları öğrenciye doğrudan formulize edilerek verilir ve ardından kuralların uygulamalı bir şekilde cümle içinde kullanıldığı form-odaklı aktiviteler yapılır. “Inductive teaching”de ise öğretilmesi amaçlanan dilbilgisi kuralları anlamlı bir metin içinde öğrenciye “present” edilir. Öğrenci kuralı ve anlamını bağlamdan çıkarım yaparak buluş yoluyla öğrenir. The answer is B. çıkmış soru Which of the following explanations cannot be true about deductive teaching? A) It supports the idea that language is rule-based rather than meaning-focused. B) In deductive teaching rules are given to the students, and they are expected to apply the rules to the examples. C) Deductive teaching includes interaction, so it is used in the Audio-lingual Method and Communicative Language Teaching. D) If a teachers first presents the structures of a sentence directly before presenting a text or a dialogue, s/he has selected deductive approach. E) It might be more suitable to present structures deductively when the students do not possess a specific cognitive style for analyzing the language in the context. ANSWER: "Deductive approach" dili, yapıları doğrudan açıklayarak öğretme amacı güden, kuralı doğrudan vererek daha sonra cümle içinde uygulatan yaklaşımdır. Bununla ilgili şıklarda doğru olmayan seçenek C'dir. Audio-lingual Method ve Communicative Language Teaching iletişime odaklandığı ve anlam odaklı olduğu için "deductive approach" kullanılmaz. The answer is C. 1.8.2. Teaching Vocabulary: The frequently used vocabulary teaching technique is to provide lists of isolated words with their meanings in the students’ first language. The unknown words can also be given with their synonyms and antonyms. Then, the students are asked to memorize them. The new words are never taught in a meaningful context. Another common way to teach words is the use of cognates. Cognates are the words in two different languages, which have similar spelling and pronunciation. It is divided into two: 1. True Cognates: These are the words in two languages that have similar spelling and pronunciation and the same meaning (e.g., cinema – sinema; theatre – tiyatro). 2. False Cognates: This time, the cognates have different meanings in the two languages (e.g., complex (meaning complicated in English) – kompleks (spor kompleksi or kompleks). ATTENTION