An Evaluation of the Websites Used by Turkish EFL Teachers
| dc.contributor.author | Behice Ceyda Cengiz | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nur Gedik Bal | |
| dc.contributor.author | Çaǧri Özköse-Biyik | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cengiz, Behice Ceyda | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ozkose-Biyik, Cagri | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bal, Nur Gedik | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-06T17:50:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was a component of a large-scale Marie S. Curie Grant that aims to revitalize English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ professional development through innovative programs. The objectives of the study were first to uncover the descriptive features of the websites that were most commonly used by Turkish EFL teachers and second to identify the common features of these websites in terms of their usefulness for teachers’ instructional practices and professional development. To this end 70 websites that were most commonly used by 847 EFL teachers in Turkey were reviewed based on a set of evaluation criteria developed based on a literature review. The criteria for the descriptive analysis included such variables as availability of membership/subscription registration authorship up-to-datedness accuracy presentation usefulness along with the description of the website and its content. Additionally content analysis was conducted on the reviews of the selected features of the websites such as the content of the website and its usefulness. The results demonstrated that most of the websites utilized by Turkish EFL teachers were rated as good quality, they served as teaching and learning sources and were used for promoting teachers’ professional development. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This study was part of a large-scale Marie S. Curie Career Integration Grant awarded by the European Commission to revitalize EFL teachers’ professional development through innovative programs in Europe. The project had earlier phases of research that focused on the development and implementation of a questionnaire aimed to investigate the individual and institutional professional development activities of EFL teachers in Turkey. This research used an exploratory sequential mixed method design in which qualitative data were collected first, and quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire based on qualitative data (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2011). First, 28 Turkish EFL teachers from different regions of Turkey recruited through convenience sampling were interviewed. The interview questions were prepared by the authors in light of the professional development models suggested by Sparks and Loucks-Horsley (2007), and the interview form was finalized by making the necessary corrections after a pilot session was held with an English teacher doing a master's study in the field. As given in Table 1 below the majority of the interviewees were public school teachers (N=18) even though there were also teachers representing private schools (N=4) and universities (N=6). | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | European Commission, EC; European Union’s FP-7 research and innovation program, (618768) | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work has received funding from the European Union’s FP-7 research and innovation program under grant agreement no 618768. The paper itself is a revised and enhanced version of a study that was presented at the 8th International Congress on New Trends in Education (ICONTE) in Turkey. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 21879036 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2187-9036 | |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85134481454 | |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/8999 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.publisher | The Pacific Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (PacCALL) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Call-Ej | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
| dc.source | CALL-EJ | |
| dc.subject | English Language Teaching, Internet-based Technologies, Professional Development, Turkish Efl Teachers, Website Evaluation | |
| dc.subject | English Language Teaching | |
| dc.subject | Internet-Based Technologies | |
| dc.subject | Turkish EFL Teachers | |
| dc.subject | Website Evaluation | |
| dc.subject | Professional Development | |
| dc.title | An Evaluation of the Websites Used by Turkish EFL Teachers | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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| gdc.description.department | ||
| gdc.description.departmenttemp | [Cengiz B.C.] Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey; [Bal N.G.] Social Sciences University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey; [Ozkose-Biyik C.] Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey | |
| gdc.description.endpage | 332 | |
| gdc.description.issue | 1 | |
| gdc.description.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| gdc.description.startpage | 308 | |
| gdc.description.volume | 22 | |
| gdc.index.type | Scopus | |
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| gdc.virtual.author | Özköse Biyik, Çağri | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 332 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 308 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | Cengiz- Behice Ceyda (57196724961), Gedik Bal- Nur (57218996051), Özköse-Biyik- Çaǧri (22735103600) | |
| project.funder.name | Funding text 1: This study was part of a large-scale Marie S. Curie Career Integration Grant awarded by the European Commission to revitalize EFL teachers\u2019 professional development through innovative programs in Europe. The project had earlier phases of research that focused on the development and implementation of a questionnaire aimed to investigate the individual and institutional professional development activities of EFL teachers in Turkey. This research used an exploratory sequential mixed method design in which qualitative data were collected first and quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire based on qualitative data (Creswell & Plano Clark 2011). First 28 Turkish EFL teachers from different regions of Turkey recruited through convenience sampling were interviewed. The interview questions were prepared by the authors in light of the professional development models suggested by Sparks and Loucks-Horsley (2007) and the interview form was finalized by making the necessary corrections after a pilot session was held with an English teacher doing a master's study in the field. As given in Table 1 below the majority of the interviewees were public school teachers (N=18) even though there were also teachers representing private schools (N=4) and universities (N=6)., Funding text 2: This work has received funding from the European Union\u2019s FP-7 research and innovation program under grant agreement no 618768. The paper itself is a revised and enhanced version of a study that was presented at the 8th International Congress on New Trends in Education (ICONTE) in Turkey. | |
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| publicationvolume.volumeNumber | 22 | |
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