• Reading fluency and comprehension in a transparent orthography: Evidence from Turkish children 

  Özata, Hatice. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)

  This study was designed to explore the concurrent relationships of reading skills (i.e., word-level reading fluency and comprehension) with cognitive and linguistic variables (i.e., rapid-automatized naming [RAN], ...
• The processing of morphology in adult second language acquisition 

  Kutlay, Nesrin. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)

  This study examines, via two masked priming experiments, the processing of inflectional and derivational morphology to identify whether first language (L1) and second language (L2) speakers of Turkish demonstrate comparable ...
• Integrating ELF awareness into pre-service teacher education: Insights from theory and practical experience 

  Kemaloğlu, Elif. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)

  This qualitative case study presents an in-depth analysis of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)-related reflections and teaching practices of ten pre-service teachers in an ELFaware teacher education course. The course ...
• An odyssey of discovery: Critical literacy in an English preparatory class 

  Derince, Zeynep Mine. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)

  This thesis explores the experiences of two English language teachers and eighteen students through Critical Literacy (CL) in a class at a School of Foreign Languages in Turkey. CL focuses on social change through education. ...
• Annotation and working memory in second language reading, incidental vocabulary learning, and perceived cognitive load 

  Varol, Burcu. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)

  This study attempts to explore the role of annotations and working memory capacity (WM capacity) in reading comprehension, incidental vocabulary learning, and the perceived cognitive load (CL) through a between groups ...
• Second language acquisition of nominal inflection in Turkish 

  Efeoğlu, Gülümser. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)

  This study aims to investigate second language (L2) acquisition of Turkish nominal inflectional morphemes by L2 learners with typologically distinct L1s, namely Russian, Japanese, English and Chinese. Two experimental tasks ...
• Dynamic interaction of factors influencing university students’ academic writing practices in English: a case study in Turkey 

  Altınmakas, Derya. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)

  The study investigates the dynamic interaction of educational and contextual factors influencing Turkish university students’ academic writing practices. The main participants of the study were twelve freshman year and ...
• Interrelationships among L2 linguistic knowledge, working memory functions, and L2 reading 

  Çeçen Besimoğlu, Sevdeğer. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)

  The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationships between processing/storage functions of working memory (WM) and explicit/implicit second language (L2) knowledge as well as the contributions of these variables ...
• Identity construction and negotiation among EFL learners :|a case study 

  Şentürk, Hakan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  The aim of this study was to give an elaborate description of the relationship between L2 language learning and identity construction at the English Preparatory Program of a private university in Istanbul, Turkey. This ...
• Decoding and reading comprehension in Turkish :|a comparison of Turkish monolingual and Kurdish-Turkish bilingual children 

  Kurt, Serhat. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  This study investigated the longitudinal contributions of phonological awareness (PA), rapid automatized naming (RAN), phonological memory (PM), listening comprehension (LC) and vocabulary to Turkish decoding and reading ...
• Development and evaluation of an online mentor training program in pre-service teacher education 

  Gülbak, Gizem Mutlu. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  The present study aims to design, implement and evaluate an online mentor training program in a pre-service language teacher education program. To this end, it consists of three phases. In the first phase, the expectations ...
• ELF in international higher education institutions in Turkey :|learner and instructor perspectives 

  Kurt, Yavuz. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  This study explores the potential ways of integrating English as a lingua franca (ELF) awareness into the curriculum of English preparatory schools of universities where the medium of instruction is English. ELF awareness ...
• Predictors of reading skills in Turkish-speaking fourth grade children 

  Candan, Ecehan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)

  The present study aimed to investigate the concurrent contributions of phonological awareness (PA), rapid automatized naming (RAN), vocabulary, morphological awareness (MA), processing speed (PS), working memory (WM), ...
• Literacy development in Turkish-Arabic speaking bilingual children 

  İlerten, Ferda. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)

  This study explored the role of cognitive and linguistic variables in the development of word reading and reading comprehension in Turkish-Arabic bilingual children. Ninety-two 2nd grade Turkish-Arabic simultaneous bilingual ...
• Everyday interactions between local and refugee women in a Turkish town :|identity construction and negotiation 

  Saygı, Hasret. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)

  This doctoral project investigates the dynamics of everyday interaction between refugee and local women residing in a mid-size Turkish city. Focusing on social gatherings of local and Iraqi Turkmen refugee women in domestic ...
• The effect of EFL teachers’ language awareness on students’ grammar knowledge :|an exploratory analysis 

  Taheri, Ali Akbar. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)

  The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Iranian EFL teachers’ language awareness on Iranian EFL learners’ grammar knowledge. To this end, it drew upon theoretical foundations of teacher language awareness. ...
• Teaching EFL through English or content : implications for foreign language learning 

  Işık, Ali. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1999., 1999.)

  This study investigates which type of instruction affects false-beginner Turkish EFL learners' language skills more positively, teaching EFL through English or content. More specifically the study aims at answering the ...
• The comparative effects of direct DDL and indirect DDL on constructing vocabulary knowledge 

  Candan, Dilay Nur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  This study investigated comparative effects of direct data-driven learning (D-DDL) and indirect data-driven learning (I-DDL) on learning new vocabulary. The participants were 52 university prep students with intermediate ...
• Turkish digital linguaculture :|intertextual practices of a facebook community 

  Çetin, Mervenur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  This discourse-based study aims to provide a perspective on online Turkish linguaculture through the practices of a Facebook Specific Interests Group (SIG) and the possible implications of these practices in context. ...
• Task complexity and working memory in performing listen-to-speak integrated tasks in a second language 

  Yücel, Ayşe Gül. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  This study aimed to explore the effects of task complexity, perceived task difficulty, and working memory capacity (WMC) in listen-to-speak tasks, in second language (L2) English. 40 university students with Turkish as ...

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