Abstract
Information literacy is a relatively new concept in Turkey and is most accessible to English Language Learners. This article-format dissertation identifies the information needs and habits of English Language and Literature majors at a major Turkish university, discusses the development of an online intervention to teach information literacy to these students, and tests the efficacy of using Turkish subtitles to teach information literacy skills to these English majors. Article 1 surveyed students majoring in English Language and Literature about their attitudes towards library usage and sources. Student attitudes revealed a preference for internet sources over library sources and a belief that internet sources are more likely than library sources to provide students with the information they need. In response to the need for increased information literacy instruction, an online tutorial was developed to teach information literacy skills that focus on the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Article 2 discusses the design and development of this tutorial. Article 3 tests the most effective language configuration for students to learn these information literacy skills, finding that students that completed the tutorial with an English-language soundtrack and Turkish subtitles finished tasks at a statistically significant faster pace than other groups and with statistically significant more success. Overall, Turkish English majors showed a need for increased information literacy skills. A subtitled tutorial is one way to provide this information literacy training.
Degree
PhD
College and Department
David O. McKay School of Education; Instructional Psychology and Technology
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Fry, Leanna C, "Evaluating and Addressing the Information Needs and Habits of Turkish English Majors" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 9056.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9056
Date Submitted
2019-12-07
Document Type
Dissertation
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd11694
Keywords
information literacy, library instruction, subtitles, captions, online tutorials, interactive tutorials
Language
english