The Place of Smart Boards in Foreign Language Lessons in the Matters of Motivation, Learning Strategies and Media Consumptions

The aim of this study is to investigate the benefits of using smart boards on students’ learning strategies and motivation at Nam？k Kemal University School of Foreign Languages. Students were asked multiple-choice and open-ended questions which included questions as to their learning styles, motivation, and media useage skills. In that way were asked to evaluate the learning environments from their own perspectives. Data were analyzed using SPSS PASW STATISTICS 18.0 "Network”. Reasults show that the majority of the students use some strategies in language learning, but they are not fully aware of their effectiveness. In addition, students state that one of the elements that motivate them to learn language is to benefit from technological innovations in the classroom. In addition to this, they emphasize that they prefer to learn as passive listeners in the classroom in the final analysis even though they exhibit an innovative attitude towards language learning. It can be thought that using smart boards and other course support tools in a conscious and effective way will affect the students' attitudes and successes towards foreign language lessons positively. The results of this study show that the technological innovations utilized in the classroom environment will intensify the interest in the subjects and make learning more fun and motivating. Such innovations will increase the student's participation in the course in future lessons and greatly increase the motivation and enthusiasm to learn. Thus, it will be ensured that students do not ignore the use of media support while determining their own learning strategies in language learning