Research Article

The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language

Volume: 47 Number: 2 October 1, 2018
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The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between reading anxiety and the reading errors of Syrian students learning Turkish as a foreign language. The study employed the survey model. The study was carried out with 59 Syrian students at TOMER Department of Mustafa Kemal University who were learning Turkish as a foreign language. The instruments used in this endeavor were the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale developed by Saito, Horwitz and Garza, the reading errors form developed by the researchers, as well as camera recordings and reading texts. According to the results obtained from the research, 16.9% of the students (N=10) had low levels of reading anxiety, while 59.3% (N=35) had medium levels and 23.7% (N=14) suffered high levels of such anxiety. The students who had low, medium and high levels of reading anxiety respectively accounted for 14.8% (N=1129), 61.2% (N=4657), and 23.8% (N= 1812) of all reading errors committed. The average number of errors per student at the low level of reading anxiety level was 112.3, while those with medium levels of anxiety made 132.6 mistakes, and the ones with high levels of anxiety made 129. Another finding of the study is that the most common errors committed by the students of all reading anxiety levels were related to pronunciation, repetition and spelling. On the other hand, pauses, following with a finger, and the distance between the text and the eye, were the least common types of errors.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

October 1, 2018

Submission Date

April 12, 2018

Acceptance Date

October 8, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 47 Number: 2

APA
Atasoy, A., & Temizkan, M. (2018). The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 47(2), 738-764. https://izlik.org/JA98JD69YP
AMA
1.Atasoy A, Temizkan M. The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2018;47(2):738-764. https://izlik.org/JA98JD69YP
Chicago
Atasoy, Arzu, and Mehmet Temizkan. 2018. “The Relationship Between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish As a Foreign Language”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 47 (2): 738-64. https://izlik.org/JA98JD69YP.
EndNote
Atasoy A, Temizkan M (October 1, 2018) The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 47 2 738–764.
IEEE
[1]A. Atasoy and M. Temizkan, “The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 738–764, Oct. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA98JD69YP
ISNAD
Atasoy, Arzu - Temizkan, Mehmet. “The Relationship Between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish As a Foreign Language”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 47/2 (October 1, 2018): 738-764. https://izlik.org/JA98JD69YP.
JAMA
1.Atasoy A, Temizkan M. The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2018;47:738–764.
MLA
Atasoy, Arzu, and Mehmet Temizkan. “The Relationship Between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish As a Foreign Language”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 47, no. 2, Oct. 2018, pp. 738-64, https://izlik.org/JA98JD69YP.
Vancouver
1.Arzu Atasoy, Mehmet Temizkan. The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and the Reading Errors of Syrian Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2018 Oct. 1;47(2):738-64. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA98JD69YP

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