Fri 19.09.2014 - 10:30-12:40 - Plečnik 4
Perceptions of Gifted Students About Fluent Speaking Course in Education Program for Talented Students (EPTS) Paper Presentation
Presenter:
Emine Öztürk
Author(s): Emine Ozturk, (Anadolu University, Turkey)
The purpose of this study is to examine gifted students’ perception about Fluent Speaking in English course in Education Program for Talented Students in 2013. EPTS is an university based program that services after school for elementary and secondary school students who are identified scientifically and mathematically talented by the identification system of the program. EPTS summer program includes elective courses such as Fluent Speaking in English, Critical Reading in English and Creative Drama except main courses like mathematics, science and character education. Fluent Speaking is an academic course that main goal is to develop gifted students’ speaking skills to express themselves comfortably in their social life in English as a second language. Course lesson plans were prepared in accordance with EPTS’s analytical, practical and creative development acquisitions. The participant included 22 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students who had attended the EPTS. As a data collection tool EPTS Course Evaluation Form were administered to investigate the perception regarding Fluent Speaking course in this program. The EPTS Course Evaluation Form was made from two 5-point Likert type questions and three open ended questions. This scale was ranging from 0 (strongly bad) to 4 (strongly good). Likert type questions in EPTS Course Evaluation Form analyzed with one sample t-test which was used to test the mean score of each item in the scale against the criteria ‘2’ (good). As a consequence students’ perception about Fluent Speaking course in EPTS in 2013 were found positive. Students thought that Fluent Speaking course was enjoyable and beneficial. Other results will be discussed at conference in detail.