Kadir YOĞURTÇU

Proceedings Paper | 2013 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences70

Reading comprehension requires the conscious and cognitive efforts of individual. In this regard, an individual should set up concern on what they read and previous information they have according to reading purposes. As a result of this cognitive effort one can restructure the intellectual development. As well there are interesting approaches improved by combining of the high-level cognitive functions such as interpretation and synthesis with social interactions in the aspect of reading comprehension. The self-efficacy beliefs scale developed by Bandura was adapted to the pedagogy field and accepted as an important variable affecti . . .ng academic achievement in scientific research. According to the findings, there is positive significant correlation between high achievement and self- efficacy beliefs. In this sense, this study aims to define what variables affect self efficacy beliefs on reading comprehension and in what extent this perception affects academic achievement in language learning process, and to understand what factors are responsible for increasing the individuals’ quality of life. This study examines the impact of self-efficacy belief on reading comprehension on academic achievement in the case of preparatory class students of High School of Foreign Languages of Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University registered in 2011-2012 academic year. In preparatory class, along with main education languages such as Kyrgyz and Turkish, students also learn English, Russian and Chinese as a foreign language. The population with 1485 students was sampled 556 students. Findings are based on answers to survey questions of 556 students obtained through random sampling. In this study factors affecting self-efficacy perception on reading comprehension and foreign language success rate was analyzed by using multivariate statistical techniques. - Keywords: Reading comprehension; self-efficacy belie More less

Celaleddin SERINKAN

Proceedings Paper | 2015 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences207

The aim of this research includes what the perception of textile firms operating in Denizli province about strategic management issues are, at what organizational level the strategic management decisions are taken and what the strategic goals are. Moreover, this study is important in terms of creating awareness by reminding the importance of strategic management in textile sector. The textile sector which has an important place within Denizli's economy. The textile production and sales have always been placed on the top for the economic structure in Denizli and it will continue to be an economic necessity for Denizli in the near fut . . .ure. Within the scope of this study, 320, 45%, of about 700 all size textile firms operating in Denizli were applied with a questionnaire about their perception of strategic management. It was concluded as a result of the study that most of the firms are family-owned, their strategic plans are set by senior managers and business owners, strategic plans are generally created during the operation and the opinion “if the competitors are changing, one should change too” is common. And it was also seen that most of the managers participated in the study exhibited a positive participation about the statements on strategic management process. - Keywords: Strategic Management; Textile Sector; Denizl More less

Muhsin HALİS

Proceedings Paper | 2011 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences24

2008 economic crisis hit very hard many sectors globally, beside tourism, too. According to the economical and financial reports, the demand of hotel & restaurant industry declined sharply, and as a result of that situation tourism revenues had been affected negatively. Turkey was one of the few destination, which had a growing at the international tourist arrivals despite the 2008 crisis. Although the tourism revenues declined, but it was little while comparing with its competitors. Via the analyses of data's has been obtained by Prime Ministry Undersecretaries of Treasury, the effects of the main sectors operating in Turkey and th . . .eir ratios on GDP during recession periods has been compared. As a result of those reports, tourism industry (hotels & restaurants) has been attracting attention with a quick recovering, by the last quarter of 2008. It can be said that tourism has been also main industry during recession periods with generating revenues and helping for current payments deficits. - Keywords: Tourism; recession; global crisis; industrial growt More less

Ayçürök MACİTOVA | Asılbek KULMIRZAYEV | Cıldızay ÖZBEKOVA | Aybek BODOŞOV

Proceedings Paper | 2015 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences195

The high nutritional and health-promoting properties of kymyz, a traditional drink of nomads produced from mare's milk, are well-known and reported in literature. The composition of mare's milk is significantly different from that of cow and other ruminants. Fatty acid composition and amino acid profile of mare's milk produced at Suusamyr pastures of Kyrgyzstan were studied during four lactation months (May, June, July and August). The amino acid composition was determined by precolumn derivatization with diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate (DEEMM) in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and 18 amino acids were determined in ma . . .re's milk. Most abundant amino acids were glutamic acid (16.8-21.2%), leucine (8.2-10.1%), lysine (8.9-10.1%) and ornithine (0.1-0.7%) was in a small amount. The percentages of essential AA in protein of mare milk were 46%, 46%, 51%, 48% for May, June, July and August months respectively, which demonstrate the high biological value of milk during all milking season. The fatty acid contents of the milk fat were determined in the form of fatty acid methyl esters by gas chromatograph after methylation with potassium hydroxide in methanol. The concentrations of capric (10:0), lauric (12:0) and myristic acid (14:0) were similar during four lactation months and the concentration of linoleic acid (18:2) was higher in July month. The results of the study have shown that the highest contents of the nutritive compounds were found in the mare's milk obtained in July. - Keywords: amino acids; fatty acids; geographical location; mare milk; milking seaso More less

Kadir YOĞURTÇU

Proceedings Paper | 2012 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences47

The main objective of this article is to study self-sufficiency level of foreign language teachers in Foreign Languages High School of Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University (KTMU). In this regard the significance of age, gender and nationality on self- efficacy is investigated. This study was conducted with the participation of Turkish, Kyrgyz, Russian and English teachers (citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Turkey) of High School of Foreign Languages, working in fall semester of 2011-2012 academic years. The total number of respondent is 110. The data obtained through Ohio Teacher Efficacy Scale (2001), which is frequently used in teacher com . . .petence researches, was analyzed by multivariate statistical techniques. As a result of the research, it was found that there are statistically significant differences between self-efficacy levels of faculty members and according to variables like age and nationality. This finding draws attention to differences in experience and cultural trends; shows that instructional (teaching) self-efficacy depends not only on absolute cognitive differences, but also on the cultural differences shaping the social approval mechanism. Keywords: Kyrgyzstan; foreign language teaching; self- efficacy; Ohio Teacher Efficacy Scal More less