THE IMPACT OF MASS MEDIA TOOLS ON EFL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS

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Published: Jan 11, 2016

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Muhsin Omay Yanar
Piri Reis University
Birsen Tütüniş
Kültür University

Abstract

It is a well-known fact that mass media tools have tremendous impact on people all around the world, and it is also becoming a significantly important research area for scholars, educators and researchers in applied linguistics. EFL students in Turkish context complain about their speaking skills in English despite their exposure to English for a long period of primary and secondary education. Knowing this fact as a member of this community, an exploratory practice was conducted as a pilot study to find out young adult EFL students’ (38) perceptions on the impact of mass media tools in the improvement of their speaking skills. The results of the questionnaire conducted for this purpose displayed the fact that subject EFL students believed in the positive effect of mass media tools on their speaking skills but they were not aware of.

Keywords:  MMT (mass media tools), A-V M (audio-visual materials), ESL (English as a Second Language), EFL (English as a Foreign Language)

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016)
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Author Biography

Birsen Tütüniş, Kültür University

Prof. Dr. BirsenTütünis  has received her PhD from University of Sussex. She has been working in our field  as an  English instructor, as a lecturer and as an administrator for years. She has written articles and books on different issues related to our field. Her recent interest lies on  learner training.

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