Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the application of the course through the active learning approach designed for the “Comprehension Techniques 2: Teaching of Listening” course in the Turkish Language Teaching curriculum in the faculty of education according to the views of pre-service teachers.  This study is a case study which is one of the qualitative research designs. Semi-structured interview protocol is used as the data collection tool. The data were analyzed using content analysis method, one of the qualitative data analysis methods. 32 pre-service teachers have participated in the study on a voluntary basis. Majority of the pre-service teachers (f=34) stated that they learnt the subject matter in the lesson through learning by experiencing, reading, discussing, doing research and with out-of-class activities. However, after analyzing the views of some pre-service teachers (f=20), it is seen that learning has taken place through listening, observing, writing, that is, with the practices in which the learner is passive. Similarly, majority of the pre-service teachers (f=53) stated that what they have learnt is permanent and they can use it in their daily or professional life while some of them (f=8) stated that they believe what they have learnt at the end of this lesson is not permanent and they won’t be using it.

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