THE EFFECTS OF FOREGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY ON PUPILS AT SECONDARY SCHOOL

Osman Sabuncuoğlu; Doğan Kurtoğlu

Araştırma Makalesi

Yabancı Dil Kaygısının Ortaokul Öğrencileri Üzerindeki Etkileri

Yıl 2021, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 313 - 368, 01.10.2021

Osman Sabuncuoğlu , Doğan Kurtoğlu

Öz

Yabancı dil sınıf kaygısı başarılı dil öğreniminin önünde önemli bir engeldir, bundan dolayı iletişim korkusu dil öğreniminde öğrenci başarısını negatif olarak etkilemektedir. Bu tez yabancı dil sınıf kaygısının İstanbul'da bulunan bir ortaokul öğrencileri üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu tezin araştırma metodu olarak öğrencinin yabancı dil sınıf kaygısına karşı tutumunu belirlemek amacıyla 100 öğrencinin katıldığı bir anket uygulandı. Elde edilen bulgular ışığında, ankete katılan öğrencilerin yaklaşık olarak yüzde ellisi yabancı dil sınıf kaygısının sözel becerileri üzerinde negatif bir etkisi olduğunu düşünmektedir. Çoğu öğrenci dilin dört becerisi ile ilgili dil kaygısı yaşamaktadır, bundan dolayı yabancı dil sınıf kaygısı dil öğrenmede tatmin edici olmayan kazanımların üretiminde önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Yabancı dil sınıf kaygısı öğrencilerin kendilerini duygusal açıdan güvende hissedebilmesi için azaltılmalıdır. Öğretmenler, öğrencilerin yabancı dil sınıf kaygısını yenebilmelerine yardımcı olmalıdır. Ayrıca, dil öğreniminde başarılı olabilmeleri için öğrenciler dilin nasıl öğrenileceğini ve yabancı dil sınıf kaygısını nasıl yenebileceği üzerine çeşitli öğrenme stratejileri geliştirmelidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaygı, Yabancı Dil Kaygısı, Engel, Yenmek, Strateji

Kaynakça

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