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Title:
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YOUNG TURKISH LEARNERS FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE THROUGH MOBILE DEVICES |
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Author(s):
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Senem Y?ld?z |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-66-3 |
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Editors:
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Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2012 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Mobile learning, english as a foreign language, young learners |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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267 |
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Last Page:
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270 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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During this presentation, the process of designing and developing digital educational applications to introduce Turkish pre-school aged children with English as a foreign language through mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers and the preliminary findings of the investigation of the effectiveness of these applications on these learners language learning, specifically both receptive and expressive vocabulary acquisition, phonological awareness and listening comprehension skills will be discussed. Mobile devices, especially iPads are selected for this study as they provide an excellent platform for including activities that can activate both sides of the brain. |
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