Contribution of Visual Cards Supported by Short Story and Drama Technique to Proverb Acquisition (Küçürek Öykü ve Drama Tekniği ile Desteklenmiş Görsel Kartların Atasözü Edinimine Katkısı)

Abstract

It is very important to take advantage of the proverbs that reflect a society’s lifestyle, values, education perspective and interpretation of life in the cultural transfer process and children’s acquisition of basic language skills. In the research, it was aimed to determine whether the visual cards supported by short story contributed to the acquisition of the proverbs. In this study, mixed method was preferred and quasi-experimental design was used which is one of the quantitative research models. The study group of the research in which single subject quasi- experimental design is used consists of 16 students from 5th grades of a secondary school. In order to provide qualitative data support to the quantitative data obtained from the research, the students of the study group were asked questions in the semi-structured interview form. According to the results obtained from the study, there was a significant difference between the pretest-posttest scores and the posttest-retention scores of the students. According to the results obtained from semi-structured interview form, it was determined that in the instruction through visual cards and drama plans supported by the short story, the students were more entertained that they thought this method helped them learn while having fun, the instruction in this way was more useful, and they could have permanent learning as they were able to participate actively in the learning process. In addition, according to the findings obtained from student scores and interview forms, it was found that drama technique was the most effective instrument on students.