An investigation of phonological awareness of prospective EFL teachers

Hismanoglu M.

2nd World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational Leadership (WCLTA), İstanbul, Türkiye, 28 - 30 Ekim 2011, cilt.31, ss.639-645 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 31
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.12.117
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.639-645
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: phonological awareness, language teachers, foreign language teaching
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims at revealing prospective EFL teachers' levels of phonological awareness, stressing the prominence of having phonological awareness in teaching English as a foreign language and making suggestions for promoting EFL teachers' level of phonological awareness. The results of the study revealed prospective EFL teachers' low level of phonological awareness, their willingness to enhance their phonological awareness and important suggestions for enhancing prospective EFL teachers' phonological awareness. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Prof. Huseyin Uzunboylu.