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Article Citation - WoS: 1Assessment in English as a Foreign Language in Primary Schools in Turkey(Hacettepe Univ, 2012) Saricoban, Arif; Hasdemir, EsengulTeaching and learning a new language (English) has always been an onerous process demanding time and patience for teachers, students, and related institutions. En this process, teachers aim their students' success by using the most effective techniques and the most suitable curriculum to their needs. These techniques and applications need evaluation in order to find out whether they work or not in terms of taking the students' foreign language proficiency levels to the intended target. At this point, the indispensable part of the whole education process comes forth-assessment. This study aims to scrutinize the current assessment procedure for young learners in primary schools in Turkey.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Discourse Analysis in Translation Education at the University Level: an Assessment of Students' Attitudes(Hacettepe Univ, 2014) Erton, Ismail; English Translation and InterpretationTranslator education, as most scholars agree, requires a detailed comprehension of linguistic rules and practices; hence the reason, why within the departments of translation and interpretation, extra importance is given to the discourse analysis course especially in the first two years of the bachelor's programme. The view presented in this paper is that the linguistics based 'discourse analysis' course plays a significant role in translation and interpretation education by strengthening the curriculum and enabling the development of various skills necessary for the translator. To determine the extent and the impact that learning linguistics has on .translator education, eight courses were selected from upper grades (3rd and 4th years) and their relevance with the discourse analysis course was tested by applying a survey to the corresponding students at the end of the academic year. The findings based on the statistical analysis show that improving linguistic competence throughout translator education at the universities result in success in translation and a better understanding of the source text regardless of its type and context.Article Citation - WoS: 4The Relationships Between Human Values, Absenteeism Attitudes and Reasons(Hacettepe Univ, 2016) Demirutku, Kursad; Tekinay, SenaThe present study was conducted to investigate the relationships between human values, absenteeism attitudes, and absenteeism reasons. A correlation study was carried out with 180 students who were enrolled in different programs in a private university located in Ankara. Value orientations of the participants was measured by using Portrait Values Questionnaire (Schwartz et al., 2012) and absenteeism attitudes were measured by using semantic differential scales. In addition, students reported the frequencies of not going to the campus in class-days, and not attending the classes despite being in the campus with various reasons on the scales developed by referring to the relevant literature to be used in the present study. Correlation analyses revealed that the importance of hedonism and stimulation values was positively, whereas the importance of self-direction and conformity values was negatively correlated with absenteeism attitudes and reasons. It was proposed that absenteeism attitudes and reasons might have the function of expressing different values. The results were discussed by taking into account the measurement-and sample-related limitations of the study, and corresponding suggestions for future research were presented.
