Author/Authors :
YILMAZ GÜNGÖR, Zühre Anadolu Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
EFFECT OF JIGSAW-II ON THE RETENTION OF NEW WORDS LEARNED IN THE COURSE OF READING IN FRENCH
Abstract :
The purpose of this research is to find the effect of the Jigsaw-II technique regarding the retention of new words learned in the French reading course conducted with freshman of the French Foreign Language Department. In this research, comparative unsynchronized group post-test model was used. The participants of this research are 1st year students studying in the French Foreign Language Department of the Anadolu University (Eskişehir) during the spring semester of the academic year 2009-2010. There were 16 participants in the experimental group, 14 participants in the control group. The data were analyzed by analysis of frequency and percentage. As a result, in contrast to the control group using traditional teaching methods, students of the experimental group were greatly remembered new words learned in French reading course.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Cooperative Learning , Jigsaw , II Technique , Reading Comprehension , French Foreign Language
JournalTitle :
dokuz eylul university the journal of graduate school of social sciences
