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İngilizce Yabancı Dil Yeterliği ile Akademik Başarı Arasındaki İlişki

Year 2014, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 117 - 124, 30.12.2014

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı 9. Sınıf öğrencilerinin Ortaöğretim Yerleştirme Puanları OYP ile İngilizce Yerleştirme Puanları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Bu çalışma 2013-2014 öğrenim yılında Beylikdüzü İstanbul’daki Özel Fatih Lisesi 9.sınıfta öğrenim gören 70 erkek öğrenci yürütülmüştür. OYP puanları ile İngilizce yerleştirme puanları arasındaki ilişki korelasyon analizi ile incelenmiştir. Analiz sonuçları OYP puanları ile İngilizce yerleştirme puanları arasındaki anlamlı bir ilişki olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu bilgiler ışığında akademik başarı Öğrencilerin OYP puanları ile ölçülmüş olan İngilizce başarısı İngilizce yerleştirme puanları ile ölçülen arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu savunulabilir

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Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement

Year 2014, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 117 - 124, 30.12.2014

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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  • Bandura, A. (1993). Perceived self-efficacy in cognitive development and functioning. Educational psychologist, 28(2), 117-148.
  • Culler, R. E., & Holahan, C. J. (1980). Test anxiety and academic performance: the effects of study-related behaviors. Journal of educational psychology, 72(1), 16.
  • Farooq, M.S., Chaudhry, A.H., Shafiq M., & Berhanu G. (2011). Factors affecting students’ quality of academic performance: a case of secondary school level. Journal of Quality and Technology Management, Volume VII, Issue II, December, 01-14.
  • Güleç, S., & Alkış, S. (2003). İlköğretim birinci kademe öğrencilerinin derslerdeki başarı düzeylerinin birbiriyle ilişkisi [Relations among primary school students’ course performances]. İlköğretim-Online, 2 (2), 19-27. Retrieved April 18, 2014, from http://www.ilkogretim-online.org.tr
  • Graham, J. G. (1987). English language proficiency and the prediction of academic success. TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 3, 505-521.
  • Grass, S.M., & Selinker, L. ( 2008). Second language acquisition an introductory course (3rd ed). New York: Routledge.
  • Hanushek, E. A., Kain, J. F., Markman, J. M., & Rivkin, S. G. (2003). Does peer ability affect student achievement?. Journal of applied econometrics, 18(5), 527-544.
  • Hill, K. T. & Wigfield A. (1984). Test anxiety: a major educational problem and what can be done about It. The elementary school journal, Vol. 85, No. 1, special issue: motivation, September, 105-126.
  • Johnson, P. (1988). English language proficiency and academic performance of undergraduate international students. TESOL Quarterly, Vol.22, No:1 March, 164-168.
  • Kazazoğlu, S. (2013). Türkçe ve İngilizce derslerine yönelik tutumun akademik başariya etkisi [The Effect of attitudes towards Turkish and English courses on academic achievement], Eğitim ve Bilim, Cilt 38, Sayı 170 [Education and Science, Vol. 38, No. 170], 294-307.
  • Keskin, G. & Sezgin, B. (2009). Bir grup ergende akademik basarı durumuna etki eden etmenlerin belirlenmesi. Fırat Saglık Hizmetleri Dergisi, Cilt 4, Sayı:10 [Journal of Fırat Health Services, Vol. 4, No. 10], 3-17.
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  • MEB. (2013). MEB 2013 SBS e-klavuz [MoE 2013 SBS e-guide]. Retrieved April 18, 2014, from www.meb.gov.tr/duyurular/duyurular2013/sbs2013/SBSKlavuzu2013.pdf
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  • Ocak, G. & Karakuş, G. (2014). Öğrencilerin hazirbulunuşluk düzeyleri ve ingilizce dersine yönelik tutumlari arasindaki ilişkinin incelenmesi [The Relationship Between Students Readiness and Attitude Towards English]. Ekev Akademi Dergisi, Yıl 18, Sayı 58, Kış, [Journal of Ekev Akademi, Year 18, Vol. 52, Winter], 681-698.
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  • Sahragard, R., Baharloo, A. & Ali, S. M. (2011). A closer look at the relationship between academic achievement and language proficiency among Iranian EFL students. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 1740-1748.
  • Sanders, W. L., Wright, S. P., & Horn, S. P. (1997). Teacher and classroom context effects on student achievement: Implications for teacher evaluation. Journal of personnel evaluation in education, 11(1), 57-67.
  • Ünal, M. & Özdemir M. Ç. (2008). Eğitim fakültelerinde ortak ders olarak okutulan yabanci dil derslerinde öğrencilerin bilişsel hazirbulunuşluk düzeylerinin akademik başariya etkisi [The effect of cognitive readiness on the academic success of the students taking foreign language courses at faculties of education]. Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kırşehir Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi (KEFAD), Cilt 9, Sayı 1 [Ahi Evran University Kırşehir Education Faculty Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1], 13-22.
  • Wilson, J. & Komba, S. C. (2012).The Link between English language proficiency and academic performance: A pedagogical perspective in Tanzanian secondary schools. World Journal of English Language, Vol. 2, No. 4; 2012, 1-10.
  • Wright S. P. (1997). Teacher and classroom context effects on student achievement: Implications for teacher evaluation. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 11, 57-67.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Research Article
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Süleyman Ertuğrul Tugan This is me

Publication Date December 30, 2014
Published in Issue Year 2014 Volume: 2 Issue: 2

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APA Tugan, S. E. (2014). Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement. Karaelmas Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2(2), 117-124.