Psycho-Educational Research Reviews

part in the classroom as a participant observer. She 
recorded all processes in the classroom on the 
observation form. 
PARTICIPANTS 
Participants were selected from different schools. 
The first participant mother was American, 
Turkish father; a 5-year-old girl and a second 
participant mother Portuguese, Turkish father; A 7 
year old male student. Male student has been 
exposed to 3 languages since his young age: 
Portuguese, English and Turkish, while female 
student has been exposed to 2 languages, English 
and Turkish. Participants were selected after the 
schools with bilingual students in Gaziantep were 
identified and the necessary information was 
obtained from the teachers and administrators 
about their situation. Participants have mothers of 
different cultures. The social circles of the families 
are largely similar and they are bilingual. 
Therefore, these children were selected for 
research. 
The first participant has the possibility to use both 
languages in the classroom. He has been living in 
Turkey for two years. His peers in the class speak 
English and Turkish at almost the same level. The 
second participant has been living in Turkey for 3 
years. The peers in her class do not have a 
conversational level of English knowledge and 
there is no classroom environment that allows the 
participant to use English. The first participant is 
coded with E and the second participant is coded 
with I. 
DATA COLLECTION PROCESS 
The data collection process started after the 
purpose of the research was determined and 
schools with appropriate students were identified. 
After schools and students were identified, 
information was gathered about the students 
through interviews with teachers first. Participants 
were observed at different times, the first