The Effect of a reading course on developing reading comprehension of intermediate level students at Bilkent University school of english language

The Role of English proficiency level, personal and affective factors predicting language preparatory school students' acedemic success Aydın, Gökçen; Güneri, Oya; Department of Educational Sciences (2012) This study investigated the role of demographic factors, English proficiency level, personal and affective factors in predicting language preparatory school students’ academic success. Participants of the study were 415 Department of Basic English students (158 pre-intermediate level, 158 intermediate level and 99 upper-intermediate level students) from a state university in Turkey. As data collection instrument, demographic information form, College Learning Effectiveness Inventory and Affective Characteri...
The effect of adding a task-based speaking test on the predictive power of the current English for academic purposes proficiency test at METU NCC School of Foreign Languages Neiriz Naghadehi, Reza; Walter, Mary Ann; Department of English Language Teaching (2016-7) I this thesis, a proposed computerized task-based speaking test (PTBST) was designed based on the communicative language ability model proposed by Bachman (1990), and its effect on the predictive power of the academic English proficiency exam (EPE) administered at the Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus (METU NCC) as an English proficiency screening criterion was examined. Two important constructs for academic success were operationalized in PTBST not covered by EPE: the ability to synt...
The role of English proficiency level, personal and affective factors predicting language preparatory school students’ academic success Aydın, Gökçen; Güneri, Oya (2014-03-21)
The investigation of cognitive processes in mathematics learning with item response theory Özkaya Seçil, Selcen; Berberoğlu, Halil Giray; Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education (2009) The importance of learning mathematics and using it in daily life is obvious. On the other hand, the results from many national and international assessment studies show that the achievement of Turkish students are very far away from the bare minimum performance. However, in the measurement and evaluation procedures of both primary and secondary educational system, there is a lack of identification of this “bare minimum” or qualitative and clear descriptors for performance levels. A great importance is dedi...
The Effect of english opinion essay writing instruction on Turkish essay writing : a case of university preparatory school students Kaya, Seyithan; Sağın Şimşek, Sultan Çiğdem; Department of English Language Teaching (2013) This study investigates the effects of instructions for English One-Body opinion essay on Turkish essay writing. Data were collected in five steps: (1) Pre-Test in Turkish; (2) Introduction to Essay, and One-Body Opinion essay writing instruction in English; (3) English Essay; (4, 5) Post/Delayed Post-Test in Turkish. The essays were collected from 39 students having started school as beginners and reached pre-intermediate level of English at the time of data collection at the university preparatory school....

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A. N. Eken, “The Effect of a reading course on developing reading comprehension of intermediate level students at Bilkent University school of english language,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 1997.