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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE PROGRESSIVE ‘-ING’

IN A TURKISH ACADEMIC CONTEXT FROM AN ELF PERSPECTIVE

ÇAĞLA NİKBAY

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY

2014

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE PROGRESSIVE ‘-ING’

IN A TURKISH ACADEMIC CONTEXT FROM AN ELF PERSPECTIVE

Thesis submitted to the

Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Master of Arts

in

English Language Education

by

Çağla Nikbay

Boğaziçi University

2014  

An Exploratory Study of the Progressive ‘-ing’

in a Turkish Academic Context from an ELF Perspective

The thesis of Çağla Nikbay

has been approved by:

Assoc. Prof. Sumru Akcan _____________________________ (Thesis Advisor)

Prof. Yasemin Bayyurt _____________________________

Assist. Prof. Dilek İnal _____________________________ (External Member)

December 2014

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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Zeynep Mina Seraj Akşit

DEGREES AWARDED PhD in Management, 2014, Boğaziçi University MBA, 2005, Boğaziçi University BA in Economics, 2001, University of Pennsylvania AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Brand management, consumer behavior, consumer culture, brand communities, online communities, digital marketing, and social media marketing PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Department of Management, Boğaziçi University, 2009 - present Management Consultant, HayGroup Consulting Türkiye, 2007-2009 Product Manager, Pfizer Türkiye, 2005-2007 Research Assistant, Department of Management, Boğaziçi University, 2003 - 2005 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Koç University, 2003 - 2005 Product Manager, Citibank Türkiye, 2001-2003 AWARDS AND HONORS

Highest Honors List, Boğaziçi University, 2014 Highest Honors List, Boğaziçi University, 2005 Summa Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania, 2001 (GPA: 3.81) TÜBİTAK PhD Scholarship, 2009-2014 GRANTS

Turkcell PhD Grant, 2010-2011 PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles

Seraj, M. (2012). We create, we connect, we respect, therefore we are: Intellectual, social, and cultural value in online communities. Journal of Interactive Marketing (SSCI), 26(4), 209-222. Toker, A., Seraj, M., Kuşçu, A., Yavuz, R., Koch, S., & Bisson, C. (under review). The early bird eats the worm: How current social media maturity affects future social media intention. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (SSCI).

Book Chapters

Merdin, E., & Seraj, M. (2013). Are you involved? Are you focused?: The regulatory fit and involvement effects on advertisement effectiveness. Advances in Advertising Research (Vol. IV): The Changing Roles of Advertising, 4, 329. Seraj, M., & Toker, A. (2012). Social network citizenship. In Handbook of Research on Business Social Networking: Organizational, Managerial, and Technological Dimensions, IGI Global, 339-357. Conference Proceedings Seraj, M., & Toker, A. (2013). Social Media Marketing Trends in Turkey: A Profile Analysis of Turkish Corporations. In 35th Marketing Science Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. Toker, A. and Seraj, M. (2012). Social Media Adoption in Turkey: The Changing Role of Consumers. In ISMD 12th Biennal Conference, Casablanca, Morocco. Merdin, E., & Seraj, M. (2012). The regulatory fit and involvement effects on advertisement effectiveness. In Proceedings of ICORIA 2012: The Changing Roles of Advertising, Stockholm, Sweden. Aydemir, A.; Mutlucan, C.; Merdin, E.; Seraj, M.; and Oray, Z. (2010). A Select Palette of Qualitative Research Tools for Marketing and Management Sciences. In Proceedings of 2010 Muhan Soysal Business Conference, Ankara, Turkey, June 16-19. Other Publications

Toker, A., Seraj, M., & Bıçakçı-Ersoy, B. (2012). Pazarlamanın Yeni Aracı: Sosyal Medya. Harvard Business Review Türkiye, 1, 2, 103-107.    

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION..................................................................................1

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................... 4

2.1 Technology integration in the general picture ............................................. 4

2.2 The barriers on the track of the technology integration process .................. 6

2.3 Some studies having a distinct perspective ............................................... 13

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................. 16

3.1 Research design ......................................................................................... 16

3.2 Participants ................................................................................................ 16

3.3 Instrumentation .......................................................................................... 17

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS FOR WITHIN CASE ANALYSIS ................................. 22

4.1 Bahar .......................................................................................................... 22

4.2 Ege ............................................................................................................. 32

4.3 Barış ........................................................................................................... 39

4.4 Elif ............................................................................................................. 50

4.5 Pelin ........................................................................................................... 57

4.6 Onur ........................................................................................................... 64

CHAPTER 5: FINDINGS FOR CROSS CASE ANALYSIS ................................... 71

5.1 Teachers’ definition of self in integration efforts ...................................... 71

5.2 Teachers’ perspectives on the technology - pedagogy relationship .......... 74

5.3 Teachers’ understanding of the nature of technology in today’s world .... 75

CHAPTER 6: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS .............................................. 78

APPENDIX A: ORIGINAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ........................................ 83

APPENDIX B: PILOT INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ................................................ 86

APPENDIX C: FINAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ................................................ 89

REFERENCES ........................................................................................................... 92

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Table 1. Tables Are Listed in the Order They Appear in the Manuscript ...........67

Table 2. All Major Words Are Capitalized in the Titles of Tables .....................74

Table 3. Here is an Example of How a Title Should Look if it Extends Beyond a

Single Line.....................................................................................................89

Table 4. Use a Period, Not a Colon, After the Table Number............................ 97

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Figures are listed in the order they appear in the manuscript...............49

Figure 2. Only the first word in the figure title is capitalized............................. 62

Figure 3. Use a period, not a colon after the figure number……………..……..83

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

In an increasingly globalized society, a growing number of individuals are

equipped with new technologies communicate across national and cultural

boundaries without being limited by time or space barriers. Thus, no one would

argue against the need for a shared language for those ongoing communications.

This is where we can mention the role of English, which has become the contact

language of the world. Today, it is the language of the Internet, science, business,

technology, popular entertainment and sports (Graddol, 2006). Such a spread of

the English language is attributed to both British colonial imperialism

(Phillipson, 1992) and the twentieth-century American superpower (Crystal,

2003). In fact, English dominance around the world is regarded as a unique

phenomenon in terms of its geographical reach and depth (Kachru, 1982; Kachru

& Nelson, 1992; Pennycook, 1994).

Currently, only one out of every four English users is a native speaker (NS)

of the language and thus most interactions in English worldwide take place

among nonnative speakers (NNS) (Crystal, 2003). Simply put, English is most

frequently used as a contact language between speakers who have different first

languages (L1s), a phenomenon known as English as a lingua franca (ELF)

(Firth, 1996). The increase in the number of NNS of English and the emergence

of different varieties of English all over the world have resulted in doubts about

the existence of a standard language and, by extension, the use of NS models as

the norm against which the utterances of NNS should be judged (Seidlhofer,

2011). In ELF contexts, which are international and intercultural settings, it is

more significant . . .  

Double-­‐space  

APPENDIX B

SAMPLES OF SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Could you tell me when you started learning English?

2. Could you describe a typical school day at your university campus?

3. Could you tell me about a recent English lesson?

4. For what sorts of things do you use English outside the classroom?

5. Can you tell me about a recent speaking event that happened outside the

classroom?

6. How would you complete this sentence: I know English and …

 

 

 

Basic In-text Citation Styles

 

First Citation in

Text

Subsequent

Citations in Text

Parenthetical

Format, First

Citation in Text

Parenthetical

Format,

Subsequent

Citations in Text

One work by one author Kelly (2007) Kelly (2007) (Kelly, 2007) (Kelly, 2007)

One work by two authors Kelly and Terito

(2004)

Kelly and Terito

(2004)

(Kelly & Terito,

2004)

(Kelly & Terito,

2004)

One work by three to five

authors

Vaughn, Toker,

and Abdul

(1999)

Vaughn et al.

(1999)

(Vaughn, Toker,

& Abdul, 1999)

(Vaughn et al.,

1999)

One work by six or more

authors

Wasserstein et

al. (2005)

Wasserstein et

al. (2005)

(Wasserstein et

al., 2005)

(Wasserstein et

al., 2005)

Groups as authors

(readily identified through

abbreviation)

National Institute

of Mental Health

(NIMH, 2003)

NIMH (2003)

(National

Institute of

Mental Health

[NIMH], 2003)

(NIMH, 2003)

Groups as authors (no

abbreviation)

University of

Pittsburgh

(2005)

University of

Pittsburgh

(2005)

(University of

Pittsburgh, 2005)

(University of

Pittsburgh, 2005)

 

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LABELLING TABLES AND FIGURES

TABLES

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Table 5. Number of Theses Submitted for Editing June – October 2006

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Team June July August September October Total History 2 3 3 8 Sociology 2 2 2 1 7 Philosophy 3 1 2 6 Psychology 2 2 1 1 6 Education 3 3 2 8 Business 1 1 1 3

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Fig. 3. Distribution of extended progressive use in nonstandard contexts.

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