The Effect of Listening Education Practices Organized by Active Learning Techniques on the Attitudes of 6th Grade Students Towards Turkish Course

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of listening education practices that organized by active learning techniques on the attitudes of 6th grade students towards Turkish course. The sample of the study conducted at a secondary school in the Black Sea region of Turkey consisted of twenty students –ten girls and ten boys-. During ten-week training process, some listening practices organized by the techniques of snowball, sandwiches, card-showing, card-matching, information paper sack, hourglass, writing poetry, bingo, shift is yours and mind mapping techniques were applied to students each week. In the study, the survey form method, one of the qualitative research methods, was adopted. At the end of ten weeks of the application process, three students selected by typical case sampling that is one of the purposeful sampling techniques were surveyed. Those students expressed that active learning techniques were effective, entertaining and like a game. They also stated that these techniques increased solidarity and cooperation in the classroom, they were effective to identify the text elements such as main idea, supporting idea, topic, event, character, place, and time. The Students also expressed that these techniques trained them while entertaining, and with these techniques Turkish course became more enjoyable and fun for them.

Keywords: Active Learning Techniques, Listening Education, Turkish Course, Attitude.