Research Article

PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1

Volume: 20 Number: 38 December 1, 2017
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PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1

Abstract

Writing a research paper is one of the areas that ELT students have difficulty throughout their university education and future academic career. The aim of the present study is to investigate how ELT students tussle with research paper writing. Gender, research methods course and students’ years of studying are chosen to be independent variables for this study. Data was collected through a survey questionnaire adapted from Köksal and Razı 2011 and conducted on 117 students studying English Language Teaching at Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, which is a state university in Burdur. The study results reveal that, students have problems most in lacking experience in scholarly writing, lack of critical reading skills, referencing and being talented or gifted. Also, the findings show that there is no significant difference between male and female students in terms of the writing difficulties they experience. Moreover, according to the results, there is no significant difference between students who took research methods/skills course and students who did not. The results did not reveal any significant difference with respect to the students’ years of studying, either. Also, with respect to students’ level of writing skills the study reveals that there is a significant difference between students who defined their English as ‘excellent’ and those regarding their English as ‘bad’

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Linguistics

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 1, 2017

Submission Date

June 2, 2017

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 20 Number: 38

APA
Karakaş, A., Toksöz, S., & Toksöz, İ. (2017). PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 20(38), 561-588. https://doi.org/10.31795/baunsobed.645112
AMA
1.Karakaş A, Toksöz S, Toksöz İ. PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1. BAUNSOBED. 2017;20(38):561-588. doi:10.31795/baunsobed.645112
Chicago
Karakaş, Ali, Sibel Toksöz, and İsmet Toksöz. 2017. “PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 20 (38): 561-88. https://doi.org/10.31795/baunsobed.645112.
EndNote
Karakaş A, Toksöz S, Toksöz İ (December 1, 2017) PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 20 38 561–588.
IEEE
[1]A. Karakaş, S. Toksöz, and İ. Toksöz, “PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1”, BAUNSOBED, vol. 20, no. 38, pp. 561–588, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.31795/baunsobed.645112.
ISNAD
Karakaş, Ali - Toksöz, Sibel - Toksöz, İsmet. “PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 20/38 (December 1, 2017): 561-588. https://doi.org/10.31795/baunsobed.645112.
JAMA
1.Karakaş A, Toksöz S, Toksöz İ. PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1. BAUNSOBED. 2017;20:561–588.
MLA
Karakaş, Ali, et al. “PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 20, no. 38, Dec. 2017, pp. 561-88, doi:10.31795/baunsobed.645112.
Vancouver
1.Ali Karakaş, Sibel Toksöz, İsmet Toksöz. PROBLEMS FACED BY PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS1. BAUNSOBED. 2017 Dec. 1;20(38):561-88. doi:10.31795/baunsobed.645112

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