International Journal of Current Approaches in Language, Education and Social Sciences
Yazarlar: Esra TİRYAKİ, Furkan Can SOYBAL
Konular:Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları
DOI:10.35452/caless.2021.2
Anahtar Kelimeler:Language Acquisition,Second Language Acquisition,Teaching Second Language Acquisition,Second Language Teaching to Foreigners,Academic Researchs
Özet: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the academic studies on second language acquisition carried out between 1994 and 2020 according to various variables. In line with this, the document analysis model, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. The data of the research were obtained by scanning the databases of the National Thesis Centre of the Higher Education Council (YÖKTEZ) and Google Academic. As a result of the search, 44 theses and 26 articles on second language acquisition provided in Turkish were reached. The obtained data were analysed by content analysis method and put into tables. According to the findings, there has been an increase in studies on second language acquisition in recent years. This increase rate has been 80% in postgraduate studies and 50% at the article level. Postgraduate theses have gained importance in postgraduate studies on second language acquisition. When the universities where the theses were prepared were examined, it was determined that the greatest number of theses exists within the body of Hacettepe University (f=9), and the institute of educational sciences (f=20) has the highest number of theses among the institutes where the study was conducted. Considering the ratio of the examined theses according to the majors, Turkish education major (f=11) takes the first place. 9 different target groups were studied in the theses and 8 different target groups were studied in the articles. It was determined that the most studied target group was foreign students (f=14) in theses, while it was the source (f=12) in articles. When the relevant studies were examined according to research methods, it was found that the theses (f=24) and articles (f=18) were studied mostly by qualitative research method. Given the relationship of the studies with other learning domains, it was concluded that the studies were mostly in the field of grammar (41%). As a result, it has been found that studies on second language acquisition are fewer compared to other fields.