Adeola Abdulateef Elega

participants, 38.2% of them accedes that they do “sometimes”, 31.1% submits that 
they do “rarely”, 19.7% said they do “always” while 10.9% of them say “never” do. 
The sum of those who use signs and symbols “always” and “sometimes” in their 
culture are 57.6% which is above half. 
Table 2.18: Using signs and symbols for communication is commonly 
used in my culture 
Frequency Percent 
Valid 
Percent 
Cumulative 
Percent 
Valid Never 
26 
10.9 
10.9 
10.9 
Rarely 
74 
31.1 
31.1 
42.0 
Sometimes 
91 
38.2 
38.2 
80.3 
Always 
47 
19.7 
19.7 
100.0 
Total 
238 
100.0 
100.0 
In the usage of eye contact for communication in the culture of the respondents, 
41.2% said they use eye contact in their culture sometimes, those who said they use it 
always represents 23.1% while closely followed those that rarely use it constitute 
21.0% and finally those that submits that never use it make up14.7%. The sum of 

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those who agree that they use oculesics “always” and ”sometimes” in their culture 
are 64.3% which is also more than half. 
Table 2.19: Using eye contact for communication is commonly used in 
my culture
Frequency Percent 
Valid 
Percent 
Cumulative 
Percent 
Valid Never 
35 
14.7 
14.7 
14.7 
Rarely 
50 
21.0 
21.0 
35.7 
Sometimes 
98 
41.2 
41.2 
76.9 
Always 
55 
23.1 
23.1 
100.0 
Total 
238 
100.0 
100.0 
The results below show that majority of the participants who touch things sometimes 
to communicate in their culture constitute 36.6%. Those who rarely do constitute 
25.2% while those always do make up 19.3% and closely followed are those never 
touch things in their culture to communicate 18.9%. The sum of those who agree that 
they use haptics in their culture “sometimes” and “always” are 55.9% which also 
more than half and it indicates the high usage. 
Table 2.20: Touching things to communicate is commonly used in my 
culture 
Frequency Percent 
Valid 
Percent 
Cumulative 
Percent 
Valid Never 
45 
18.9 
18.9 
18.9 
Rarely 
60 
25.2 
25.2 
44.1 
Sometimes 
87 
36.6 
36.6 
80.7 
Always 
46 
19.3 
19.3 
100.0 
Total 
238 
100.0 
100.0 

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From the data gathered, the participants who agreed that language barrier in North 
Cyprus has been an opportunity to learn Turkish language constitute 85.7% which is 
a very high turnout and those who disagree make up 14.3% of the total population of 
the participants of this study. 
Table 2.21: The language barrier is an opportunity to learn 
Turkish language
Frequency Percent 
Valid 
Percent 
Cumulative 
Percent 
Valid Yes 
204 
85.7 
85.7 
85.7 
No 
34 
14.3 
14.3 
100.0 
Total 
238 
100.0 
100.0 
In response to the fastness of the learning process and the respondents first language, 
85% of the respondents said learning their first language was faster than learning 
Turkish language which is also a very high turnout of result in favor of those who 
said learning their first language was faster. Those who said learning Turkish was 
faster than their learning their first language constitutes 14.7% of the entire 
population. First language acquisition is a faster process than the second language 
learning. Learning Turkish language has been boosted by compulsory undergraduate 
Turkish classes and acquirement from the environment. 
Table 2.22: Is the learning process faster than learning your first 
language?
Frequency Percent 
Valid 
Percent 
Cumulative 
Percent 
Valid Yes 
35 
14.7 
14.7 
14.7 
No 
203 
85.3 
85.3 
100.0 
Total 
238 
100.0 
100.0 

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From the data collected, the participants who said that there is no similarity in their 
language and Turkish language constitute 77.3% of the entire number of participants 
for this study. Those who said there is a similarity constitute 22.7%. 
Table 2.23: Do you find any similarity in Turkish language and 
your own language?
Frequency Percent 
Valid 
Percent 
Cumulative 
Percent 
Valid Yes 
54 
22.7 
22.7 
22.7 
No 
184 
77.3 
77.3 
100.0 
Total 
238 
100.0 
100.0 
The majority of the participants who only school makeup 81.9% of the entire number 
of participants of this study while those who work and school make up 18.1%.