Research Article

Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills

Volume: 6 Number: 2 August 31, 2020
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Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills

Abstract

Productive skills which are speaking and writing uses when an individual's thoughts, emotions, knowledge, etc. transferring to the other person. Regardless of its field of study, every teacher is expected to be successful in speaking and writing. Because, in all aspects such as knowledge transfer and skill acquisition, they can be productive in parallel with their success in these skills. The general purpose of this study; to determine anxiety levels of preservice teachers’ productive skills and to examine these levels in terms of determined variables. The study was carried out by descriptive scanning method. The data analyzed in the study were collected at the last week of 2019-2020 Academic Year Fall Semester in the faculty of education at a state university in Turkey, from preservice teachers in the first class. Data collection tools used in the study; It is the Scale of Speaking Anxıety for Prospective Teachers of Kinay and Özkan (2014) and the Writing Anxiety Scale of Karakaya and Ülper (2011). The data were analyzed with the SPSS 25.0. Unrelated Samples t Test and One Way ANOVA were used in the study. The results of the analysis indicate that anxiety levels of preservice teachers’ productive skills are low for both speaking and writing skills. In the results of study; gender, speaking anxiety has a significant effect on the physiological symptoms subscale, and writing anxiety. It was understood that the situation of wanting to be a teacher and the average number of books read in a year did not affect the writing anxiety, while in the total score of speaking anxiety and some subscale caused differentiation. The results of the study are show that thinking their dictions are correct, and speaking situations face the community are effective on speaking anxiety; writing habits, and the frequency of written expression in secondary and high school are effective on the preservice teachers’ writing anxiety. It can be said that speaking anxiety and writing anxiety do not differ according to the main disciplines of preservice teachers. Analyzes conducted indicate that writing anxiety and speaking anxiety are moderately and significantly related.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 31, 2020

Submission Date

April 20, 2020

Acceptance Date

May 13, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Ercan Güven, A. N. (2020). Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research, 6(2), 174-188. https://izlik.org/JA94ND86RP
AMA
1.Ercan Güven AN. Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills. JETPR. 2020;6(2):174-188. https://izlik.org/JA94ND86RP
Chicago
Ercan Güven, Aliye Nur. 2020. “Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills”. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research 6 (2): 174-88. https://izlik.org/JA94ND86RP.
EndNote
Ercan Güven AN (August 1, 2020) Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research 6 2 174–188.
IEEE
[1]A. N. Ercan Güven, “Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills”, JETPR, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 174–188, Aug. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA94ND86RP
ISNAD
Ercan Güven, Aliye Nur. “Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills”. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research 6/2 (August 1, 2020): 174-188. https://izlik.org/JA94ND86RP.
JAMA
1.Ercan Güven AN. Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills. JETPR. 2020;6:174–188.
MLA
Ercan Güven, Aliye Nur. “Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills”. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research, vol. 6, no. 2, Aug. 2020, pp. 174-88, https://izlik.org/JA94ND86RP.
Vancouver
1.Aliye Nur Ercan Güven. Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Anxiety Levels for the Productive Skills. JETPR [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 1;6(2):174-88. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA94ND86RP