USE OF FLIPPED INSTRUCTION IN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS; AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT STUDENT TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS

Authors

  • Zeynep Çetin Köroğlu Asst. Prof. Dr. Faculty of Education, Bayburt University, Turkey
  • Abdulvahit Çakır Prof. Dr. Faculty of Education, Gazi University, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejel.v0i0.993

Keywords:

flipped instruction, speaking skills, English language teaching, blended learning, student teachers

Abstract

Flipped instruction reinforces the idea that learning cannot be limited to classrooms. Flipped instruction is a new way of teaching for language pedagogy as other fields. Thus, the present research aimed to find out student teachers’ perspectives about flipped instruction and flipped instruction based syllabus which was designed specifically for speaking skills development. The current study was utilized qualitative method to collect the data. Structured written interview technique and student teachers’ response papers were used to collect student teachers’ perspectives about flipped instruction and flipped instruction based Oral Communication Skills I course. The participants were Pre-service English Language Teaching Department student teachers who were first graders of ELT department at Gazi University, Turkey. Participants consisted of 23 students who were 20 female and 3 male student teachers. Results showed that student teachers had positive attitudes towards flipped instruction, which was quite new for the student teachers. The results indicated that student teachers were satisfied with flipped instruction and flipped syllabus which was specifically designed for the course. Besides, student teachers thought that flipped instruction was effective to make them prepared for the lesson and speaking activities which are carried out in class times. 

 

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  • Zeynep Çetin Köroğlu, Asst. Prof. Dr. Faculty of Education, Bayburt University, Turkey
    Zeynep Çetin Köroğlu graduated from Dumlupınar University in in 2010. Her bachelor department was British Language and Literature. Her academic background mainly consists of English Language Teaching. She graduated from Gazi University in 2013 and got her MA degree. She completed her Ph.D at English language teaching in 2015. Currently, she is working as an assistant professor at Bayburt University. She is especially interested in intercultural communication, second language acquisition, teacher education and literature use in language teaching.
  • Abdulvahit Çakır, Prof. Dr. Faculty of Education, Gazi University, Turkey
    Abdulvahit Çakır is currently working as a professor at Gazi University. He is especially interested in Applied Linguistics, Teacher Education, Language Testing, and Curriculum Design.

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2017-08-29

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Vol 3, No 1 (2017)

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