@article{2018,title={THE ATTITUDES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING STUDENTS TOWARDS PROBLEM BESED LEARNING (PBL) IN EFFECTIVE CIMMUNUICATION SKILLS CLASSES},abstractNode={Learning can be considered the most important mental function of humans and it has been given much more importance recently. After behaviorist and cognitivist learning theories, constructivist learning has gained popularity in the late of 20th century. Problem based learning a subpart of constructivist approach was first applied in medicine and then it began to be applied to other disciplines of science. It is new in language learning and teaching. The study conducted at English language teaching department of a state university in the first term of 2008/2009 academic year. The study aimed to find out freshmen’s attitudes towards problem based learning in Effective Communication Skills Classes. The qualitative data collection tool was used in this study and the data were collected from 38 freshmen. In order to get qualitative data, in the 4th and 6th week of the term students were asked to write their opinions about PBL. Besides, at the end of the term students were given semi-structured questionnaire consisting of 15 questions and they were asked to answer the questions. The content analysis of their answers was made and the outstanding, repeated expressions were shown in the figures. The most significant result obtained from this study shows that there is a change from negative to positive in students’ attitudes towards PBL.},author={Ahmet ŞAHBAZ},year={2018},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}