Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement

Volume: 2 Number: 2 December 30, 2014
  • Süleyman Ertuğrul Tugan
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Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the 9th grade students’ High School Placement Score OYP the score which combines students’ SBS [Level Determination Examination in Turkey for eighth graders] results and end of the eighth grade year results and English language proficiency as measured by the English language placement test the 9th grade students took at the beginning of the term at Private Fatih High School . This study was conducted with 70 male 9th grade students of Private Fatih High School in Beylikdüzü, Istanbul, during the 2013-2014 academic year. Correlation analysis was used in order to determine the relationship between students’ OYP scores and English placement test scores. The correlation revealed that the English placement test scores of students have significant positive relation with their OYP scores. In the light of this finding it is possible to put forward that academic achievement as measured by OYP scores of students is correlated with English achievement as measured by English placement test scores of students

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December 30, 2014

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Year 2014 Volume: 2 Number: 2

APA
Tugan, S. E. (2014). Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement. Karaelmas Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2(2), 117-124. https://izlik.org/JA29TH69PM
AMA
1.Tugan SE. Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement. KJES. 2014;2(2):117-124. https://izlik.org/JA29TH69PM
Chicago
Tugan, Süleyman Ertuğrul. 2014. “Relationship Between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement”. Karaelmas Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 2 (2): 117-24. https://izlik.org/JA29TH69PM.
EndNote
Tugan SE (December 1, 2014) Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement. Karaelmas Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 2 2 117–124.
IEEE
[1]S. E. Tugan, “Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement”, KJES, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 117–124, Dec. 2014, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA29TH69PM
ISNAD
Tugan, Süleyman Ertuğrul. “Relationship Between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement”. Karaelmas Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 2/2 (December 1, 2014): 117-124. https://izlik.org/JA29TH69PM.
JAMA
1.Tugan SE. Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement. KJES. 2014;2:117–124.
MLA
Tugan, Süleyman Ertuğrul. “Relationship Between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement”. Karaelmas Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 2, Dec. 2014, pp. 117-24, https://izlik.org/JA29TH69PM.
Vancouver
1.Süleyman Ertuğrul Tugan. Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement. KJES [Internet]. 2014 Dec. 1;2(2):117-24. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA29TH69PM