Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: The purpose of this study was twofold.The first purpose was to describe a prototype for an online taskbased language learning (OTBLL) tool designed and developed for Turkish as a foreign language.The second purpose was to investigate the effectiveness of the OTBLL tool with respect to negotiation of meaning.More specifically, the experimental study examined the role of teaching approach in foreign language acquisition by comparing task-based instruction through the online task-based language learning tool to multimedia-based form-focused tool on the amount of negotiation of meaning.Two intermediate-level Turkish classes consisting of 28 high school students participated in this experiment.I offer my sincerest gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. Abdurrahman Arslanyilmaz, for his continuous support, help, invaluable assistant and encouragement throughout this study.I would also like to thanks my committee members, Dr John Sullins and Ms. Suzan Harper, for their helpful suggestions, comments and feedback on various parts of this thesis.I would also like to thank the CSIS department for providing me the
Author: Adeel Abbas
Institution: Youngstown State University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2597321980