Duygu İşpınar Akçayoğlu

Adana Science and Technology University · Translation and Interpretation

The COVID-19 pandemic has had substantial and persistent impacts on pedagogical methodologies and student assessment practices. This study provides an overview of language educators’ perceptions of the post-pandemic era, synthesizing the factors that undermine the effectiveness of student learning and assessment in online and face-to-face classroom...

The present study investigated the self-regulated learning strategies adopted by EFL learners, their levels of cognitive test anxiety, and the potential correlations between self-regulated learning and cognitive test anxiety. The study also examined whether gender and level of language proficiency had a significant effect on self-regulated learning...

Purpose: Emergency distance learning that started in the middle of 2019-2020 education year caused a lot of uncertainties and even chaos in many education settings around the world. However, conditions were different when the 2020-2021 education year started fully online. This descriptive inquiry aims to explore the views, perceptions, and experien...

This study investigates motivational factors and language learning strategies involved in the process of learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the elderly. This needs' analysis report is part of the implementation of ERASMUS+ project nr 2021-1-PL01-KA220-ADU-000033465.

The project, and thus the present handbook, aims to teach older adults with low digital skills. The handbook includes seven main learning units, which include adult self-learning methods and techniques, digital literacy for adult self-learning, learning apps and software for adult learners, problem-solving skills for ASL, use of web-based sources f...

This course is part of the Erasmus+ project “ASL - Adult Self-Learning Supporting Learning Autonomy in a Technology Mediated Environment”, implemented by a consortium of six partners from Turkey, Greece, Italy, Latvia and Poland. The project's specific goals are as follows:  to teach learners how to acquire new skills and competencies using learni...

Abstract: The purpose of the present study is to explore the mindset of successful and underachieving EFL learners at a school of foreign languages in a state university through stakeholders’ perceptions. The study adopted a phenomenological design. Data were collected through interviews conducted with 16 participants, comprising four successful st...

This quantitative study investigates the potential relationships among foreign-language self-efficacy (FL self-efficacy), self-regulation, foreign-language anxiety (FLA), class attendance and academic achievement in English language. The participants were 344 EFL learners who were enrolled in a one-year preparatory programme at a state university i...

This study aims to investigate the perceptions of professional translators/interpreters and undergraduate translation students enrolled at a state university in Turkey about the occupational status of the translation profession, the curricula of translator-training programmes, and the challenges of translators/interpreters. The participants were 24...

Throughout history, translation has had a notable role in the spread of knowledge. Contrary to what is assumed, translation is not confined to just finding the equivalences of words. Translators are quite active in the translating process, and translation, as a multidimensional act, requires various skills and responsibilities. However, despite the...

The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the Translation and Interpreting Department students’ general notions about translation at the beginning, in the middle, and in the final year of their education. The participants were prep year, second year, and fourth-year students who were enrolled in the Department of Translation and Int...

Questioning is known to have been used to probe the validity of an assumption, analyse the logic of an argument, and explore the unknown. Instead of lecturing what is true or false, philosophers utilized questioning for students’ understanding of a subject and then leading them to discover logical conclusions. Although role and types of questions u...

This study compared gifted learners’ and their English teachers’ perceptions of who is an effective English as a foreign language (EFL) learner. The research questions include the following: (a) What are young gifted learners’ perceptions of an effective EFL learner? (b) What are English teachers’ perceptions of an effective EFL learner? and (c) Is...

Metacognitive awareness in reading has been subject to much concern in various language levels and learning environments. This study aims to explore university students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies in English as a foreign language from both qualitative and quantitative aspects. The study adopted a mixed method approach to explore...

Abstract Translation has always been one of the critical means to understand and use a foreign language. In this regard, understanding the use of translation in second language (L2) production is a topic worth investigating. The purpose of this study is to identify the main areas where students have difficulties in L2 production tasks and determine...

Though neglected and left to develop on their own (Enç,2005), gifted individuals do need the understanding of their different characteristics and thirst for an alternative education. Education of gifted children is a relatively new concern in Turkey when compared to other countries, which makes it necessary to discover the learning and teaching iss...

This study reports on an investigation into the impact of strategy-based English language instruction (SBELI) on the language proficiency of gifted learners. The participants were students who were identified as gifted and thus received additional out-of-school training for a few days a week in Adana Science and Arts Centre. Their ages ranged from...