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Language of Others: EFL Students’ Perception of and Attitude Towards English

Year 2009, Volume: 18 Issue: 1, 109 - 120, 01.06.2009

Dr.yeşim Bektaş Çetinkaya

Abstract

English has emerged as a world language which is used from international trade to international media and contributed to the increase of communication among nations Parallel to this situation the English language has been acquiring an important role in Turkey as a tool for communication and a means of progress This qualitative study describes language learners’ perception of this influential language The data were gathered form students in preparatory program through semi structured interviews and analyzed through meaning condensation method Results indicated that language learners perceive English as an international language and have multilayered attitude towards English On the one hand they value English as a language of power and want to have an access to this power by mastering it but on the other hand they question its dominance and show negative attitude towards learning English Key Words: English as an International Language attitude towards English Foreign language education

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References

  • Alptekin, C. (2002). Towards intercultural communicative competence in ELT. ELT Journal, 56, 57-64
  • Brutt-Griffler, J. (2002). World English: A Study of its Development. Clevedon:
  • Multilingual Matters Ltd. Crystal, D. (1997). English as a Global Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Çakıcı, D. (2007) The attitudes of university students towards English within the scope of common compulsary courses. Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi,(27), 3, 21-35.
  • Dogancay-Aktuna, S. (1998). The spread of English in Turkey and its current sociolinguistic profile. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, , 24-39.
  • Erickson, F. (1986). Qualitative methods in research on teaching. In C. M. Wittrock
  • (Eds.), Handbook of research on teaching (pp.145-152) N.Y: Macmillian. Fraenkel, J. R. (2000). How to design & evaluate research in education. Boston: McGraw Hill.
  • Genç, G. & Bilgin-Aksu, M. (2004) İnönü üniversitesi öğrencilerinin İngilizce derslerine ilişkin tutumları.XIII. Ulusal Eğitim Bilimleri Kurultayı.
  • İnal S. ,Evin, İ. & Saracaloğlu, A.S. (2005). The relation between students’ attitudes toward foreign language and foreign language achievement. Dil Dergisi,130, 37-53.
  • Jenkins, J. (1998). Which pronunciation norms and models for English as an international language. ELT Journal,52, 119-126.
  • Kaya, M. (1995). The Relationship of Motivation, Anxiety, Self-Confidence, and Extroversion/introversion to students’ Active Class Participation in an EFL
  • Classroom in Turkey. Unpublished Master Thesis, Ankara: Bilkent University. Kachru, B. B. (Ed.). (1992). The other tongue: English across cultures. Urbana:
  • University of Illinois Press. Kiziltepe, Z. (2000). Attitudes and motivation of Turkish EFL students towards second language learning. ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 129-130, 141-168.
  • Kvale, S. (1996). Interviews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing.
  • Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication. Merriam, S.B. (1998). Qualitative research and case study applications in education.
  • San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. McKay, S. L. (2002). Teaching English as an International Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Milles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M.(1994). Qualitative data analysis. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication.
  • Pakir, A. (1999). Connecting with English in the context of internalization. TESOL Quarterly, 33, 103-114.
  • Pennycook, A. (1994). The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language.
  • New York: Longman Group Limited. Philipson, R. (1992). Linguistic Imperialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Saracaloğlu, A. S. (2005). Üniversite öğrencilerinin yabancı dile yönelik tutumları.
  • Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, (3), 7, 73-91. Smith, L. E. (1992). Spread of English and issues of intelligibility. In B. B. Kachru
  • (Ed.), The other tongue: English across cultures (pp.27-47). Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Strevens, P. (1992). English as an international language. In B. B. Kachru (Ed.), The other tongue: English across cultures (pp.27-47). Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
  • Widdowson, H. G. (1994). The ownership of English. TESOL Quarterly, 28, 377-389.

BAŞKALARININ DİLİ: YABANCI DİL OLARAK İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRENEN ÖĞRENCİLERİN İNGİLİZCEYİ ALGILAYIŞLARI VE İNGİLİZCEYE KARŞI TUTUMLARI

Year 2009, Volume: 18 Issue: 1, 109 - 120, 01.06.2009

Dr.yeşim Bektaş Çetinkaya

Abstract

Uluslararası sahada ticaretten medyaya kadar pek çok alanda kullanılan İngilizce,
dünyada ortak iletişim dili olarak görülmekte ve uluslar arası alanda iletişimin
artmasına katkıda bulunmaktadır. Buna paralel olarak, İngilizce Türkiye de iletişim ve
gelişme aracı olarak önemli bir yer edinmektedir. Bu çalışma üniversite hazırlık sınıfı
öğrencilerinin bu etkili dili nasıl algıladıklarını ve bu dile karşı olan tutumlarını tasvir
etmektedir. Çalışmanın verileri röportaj yöntemi ile toplanıp anlam-yoğunlaştırma
yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Sonuçlar öğrencilerin İngilizceyi uluslar arası bir dil
olarak algıladıklarını ve bu dile karşı tutumlarının çok katmanlı olduğunu işaret
etmiştir. Öğrenciler bir yandan İngilizceyi güç sembolü olarak görmekte ve İngilizce
öğrenerek bu güce erişmeyi istemekte, diğer yandan ise İngilizcenin egemenliğini
sorgulamakta ve İngilizceye karşı olumsuz tutum sergilemektedir.

Keywords

Uluslar arası dil olarak İngilizce İngilizceye karşı olan tutum Yabancı dil eğitimi

References

  • Alptekin, C. (2002). Towards intercultural communicative competence in ELT. ELT Journal, 56, 57-64
  • Brutt-Griffler, J. (2002). World English: A Study of its Development. Clevedon:
  • Multilingual Matters Ltd. Crystal, D. (1997). English as a Global Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Çakıcı, D. (2007) The attitudes of university students towards English within the scope of common compulsary courses. Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi,(27), 3, 21-35.
  • Dogancay-Aktuna, S. (1998). The spread of English in Turkey and its current sociolinguistic profile. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, , 24-39.
  • Erickson, F. (1986). Qualitative methods in research on teaching. In C. M. Wittrock
  • (Eds.), Handbook of research on teaching (pp.145-152) N.Y: Macmillian. Fraenkel, J. R. (2000). How to design & evaluate research in education. Boston: McGraw Hill.
  • Genç, G. & Bilgin-Aksu, M. (2004) İnönü üniversitesi öğrencilerinin İngilizce derslerine ilişkin tutumları.XIII. Ulusal Eğitim Bilimleri Kurultayı.
  • İnal S. ,Evin, İ. & Saracaloğlu, A.S. (2005). The relation between students’ attitudes toward foreign language and foreign language achievement. Dil Dergisi,130, 37-53.
  • Jenkins, J. (1998). Which pronunciation norms and models for English as an international language. ELT Journal,52, 119-126.
  • Kaya, M. (1995). The Relationship of Motivation, Anxiety, Self-Confidence, and Extroversion/introversion to students’ Active Class Participation in an EFL
  • Classroom in Turkey. Unpublished Master Thesis, Ankara: Bilkent University. Kachru, B. B. (Ed.). (1992). The other tongue: English across cultures. Urbana:
  • University of Illinois Press. Kiziltepe, Z. (2000). Attitudes and motivation of Turkish EFL students towards second language learning. ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 129-130, 141-168.
  • Kvale, S. (1996). Interviews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing.
  • Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication. Merriam, S.B. (1998). Qualitative research and case study applications in education.
  • San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. McKay, S. L. (2002). Teaching English as an International Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Milles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M.(1994). Qualitative data analysis. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication.
  • Pakir, A. (1999). Connecting with English in the context of internalization. TESOL Quarterly, 33, 103-114.
  • Pennycook, A. (1994). The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language.
  • New York: Longman Group Limited. Philipson, R. (1992). Linguistic Imperialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Saracaloğlu, A. S. (2005). Üniversite öğrencilerinin yabancı dile yönelik tutumları.
  • Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, (3), 7, 73-91. Smith, L. E. (1992). Spread of English and issues of intelligibility. In B. B. Kachru
  • (Ed.), The other tongue: English across cultures (pp.27-47). Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Strevens, P. (1992). English as an international language. In B. B. Kachru (Ed.), The other tongue: English across cultures (pp.27-47). Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
  • Widdowson, H. G. (1994). The ownership of English. TESOL Quarterly, 28, 377-389.
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Primary Language Turkish
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Dr.yeşim Bektaş Çetinkaya This is me

Publication Date June 1, 2009
Submission Date December 29, 2013
Published in Issue Year 2009 Volume: 18 Issue: 1

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APA Çetinkaya, D. B. (2009). BAŞKALARININ DİLİ: YABANCI DİL OLARAK İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRENEN ÖĞRENCİLERİN İNGİLİZCEYİ ALGILAYIŞLARI VE İNGİLİZCEYE KARŞI TUTUMLARI. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 18(1), 109-120.