Enriching kindergarten learners English by using language portfolio and additional instructional materials

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2011-01-01

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Zorba, Mehmet Galip
Korkmaz, Sezen

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As there has been an increasing demand on language education in kindergartens, a large number of kindergartens have begun to give English language education so as to meet the demand. However, most of the English teachers working in kindergartens have difficulty in finding right instructional materials appropriate for kindergarten students since there is not an official curriculum for such schools developed by the Ministry of Education. The aim of this qualitative study is two-fold: (1) to reveal the advantages of using language portfolio in kindergartens and, (2) to put forward suggestions for how to enrich use of language portfolio and instructional materials in these schools as well as effective language learning.

Subject Keywords

Kindergarten, Instructional materials, Language portfolio, Language education, Anaokulu, Öğretim gereçleri, Dil portfolyosu, Dil eğitimi

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http://www.colej.org/vol-1-2/35-43.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/71972
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED528240

Journal

COLEJ (Contemporary Online Language Education Journal)

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Department of Basic English, Article

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M. G. Zorba and S. Korkmaz, “Enriching kindergarten learners English by using language portfolio and additional instructional materials,” COLEJ (Contemporary Online Language Education Journal), pp. 35–43, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.colej.org/vol-1-2/35-43.pdf.