WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu

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The Impact of Classroom Environment on Students' Willingness to Communicate in Foreign Language Learning
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2025) Salbas, Hanife; Ekmekci, Emrah
The primary goal of teaching a foreign language has undergone a substantial change in the context of modern language education, placing a greater emphasis on the pivotal role of efficient communication. In this evolving landscape of language education, where effective communication is the cornerstone, it has been of the utmost significance to investigate the factors that affect learners' motivation to communicate. Hence, the concept of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) has emerged as a focal point for both scholars and researchers in the field. While scholars have devoted considerable attention to WTC, the existing body of literature remains predominantly focused on studies conducted in Western nations. Addressing this research gap, the current study explores WTC in the Turkish EFL setting through a rigorous mixed-methods research design with a varied cohort of 207 participants. This study aims to provide further understanding of this vital facet of language learning by a careful examination of the intricate relation between WTC and the learning environment in the classroom. The findings indicate a noteworthy impact of classroom components on the WTC among Turkish EFL students, revealing a robust connection between these factors and affective aspects as well. This correlation underscores the study's valuable insights for guiding language policies and strategies aimed at enhancing English proficiency within Turkey.
Understanding the Role of Urban Form in Explaining Transportation and Recreational Walking Among Children in a Logistic Gwr Model: A Spatial Analysis in Istanbul, Turkey
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2020) Torun, Ayse Ozbil; Gocer, Kenan; Yesiltepe, Demet; Argin, Gorsev
This study aims to examine associations between urban form factors generally, and street network configuration in particular, and walking for different purposes among children in Istanbul, Turkey. Parents of randomly selected students (ages 12-16) at 20 middle schools (N = 917) completed questionnaires about their socio-economic characteristics and the frequency of their children's walking for recreational and for transportation purposes in their neighbourhood during a typical day. The environment around 400 m of participants' homes was evaluated through GIS-based parcel-level land-use data and segment-based street connectivity measures calculated using space syntax techniques. Logistic geographically weighted regression models were estimated to measure the desired associations while adjusting for socio-economic characteristics. Results demonstrate a marginal association between urban form measures and walking behaviour but only in certain peripheral parts of the city. More importantly, increased directional accessibility, which identifies the extent to which more street length is accessible within few direction changes, is associated with higher odds of recreational walking in particular areas where a strong differentiation between scales of street connectivity structure is evident such as a supergrid of primary roads with inserted organic local streets. In addition, children residing in neighbourhoods with reduced residential density and increased commercial and recreational activities are more likely to walk for transportation purposes. The findings of this study demonstrate that the one-size-fits-all approach may not effectively encourage walking. Urban areas tend to have varying qualities that need to be handled uniquely, and therefore targeted rather than blanket interventions regarding the design of neighbourhoods around schools and homes may be beneficial in supporting walking behaviour of children.

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