A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENJOYMENT OF LEARNERS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS

Abstract

This current study was carried out to find out learners’ foreign language enjoyment levels (FLE). Participants chosen based on purposive sampling method were 150 EFL learners studying at a university in Turkey. The present study was designed as a mixed method research design. For quantitative part of the study, Foreign Language Enjoyment scale developed by Dewaele and MacIntyre (2014) was used to collect data. As for the qualitative part of the study, semi-structured interview was used. Data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics while qualitative data were analyzed based on inductive content analysis. As a result of analyses, it was found that learners experience moderate level of enjoyment in their English classes and there is not a significant difference among participants based on high school department from which they graduated. Inductive content analysis also showed that FLE personal, FLE environment, FLE instructional were found as main categories for explaining sources of learners’ foreign language enjoyment.

Keywords

• Foreign Language Enjoyment
• Foreign Language Teaching
• Description

YABANCI DİL SINIFLARINDAKİ ÖĞRENCİLERİN YABANCI DİLDE KEYİF ALMA DÜZEYLERİ ÜZERİNE BETİMSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Bu mevcut çalışma, öğrencilerin yabancı dilden keyif alma düzeylerini belirlemek için yapılmıştır. Amaçlı örnekleme yöntemine göre seçilen katılımcılar, Türkiye'de bir üniversitede öğrenim görmekte olan 150 İngilizce öğrenicisidir. Bu araştırma, karma yöntem araştırma deseninde tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmanın nicel kısmında veri toplamak amacıyla Dewaele ve MacIntyre (2014) tarafından geliştirilen Yabancı Dil Keyif Alma ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın nitel kısmında ise yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme kullanılmıştır. Anketten elde edilen veriler tanımlayıcı ve çıkarımsal istatistiklerle, nitel veriler ise tümevarımsal içerik analiziyle analiz edilmiştir. Analizler sonucunda öğrencilerin İngilizce derslerinden orta düzeyde keyif aldıkları ve liseden mezun oldukları bölüme göre katılımcılar arasında anlamlı bir farklılık olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Tümevarımsal içerik analizi sonucunda ise, öğrencilerin yabancı dilde keyif alma düzeylerinin kaynağı yabancı dilde keyif almada kişisel kaynaklar, yabancı dilde keyif almada çevresel kaynaklar ve yabancı dilde keyif almada öğretimsel kaynaklar adlı kategoriler altında açıklanmıştır.

Keywords

• Yabancı Dil Öğreniminden Keyif Alma
• Yabancı Dil Öğretimi
• Tanımlama

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