THE EFFECT OF PREPARED SPEAKING ON ELIMINATING THE SPEAKING ANXIETY OF PROSPECTIVE TURKISH TEACHER

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Turkish teachers should be a model for correct and effective use of Turkish and communication because they are responsible for educating students who can effectively use their voice and body language. In general, the speaking anxiety of each teacher, especially Turkish teachers and teacher candidates, should be at an acceptable level. The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of prepared speaking on eliminating prospective Turkish teacher’s speaking anxiety. The one group pretest-posttest design was used in the study. Forty-one teacher candidates from the Turkish Language Teaching Department of Bartin University participated in the research. Prepared speaking activities were made in the framework of the suggested activities in the Turkish Curriculum. Thus, it was aimed that both teacher candidates would improve their speaking skills and internalize the activities they would do at work. The research data were collected with the Speaking Anxiety Scale for Teacher Candidates. As a result of the research, it was seen that the teacher candidates speaking anxiety were moderate at the pre-test and low at the post-test, and making prepared speaking made a meaningful difference on eliminating their speaking anxiety.

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Teaching Turkish , speaking anxiety , prepared speech

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi