Factors Affecting Faculty of Education Students’ English Learning Motivations

Mehmet Özcan

doi:10.26466/opus.557244

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Factors Affecting Faculty of Education Students’ English Learning Motivations

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate factors affecting faculty of education students’ English learning motivations in terms of gender, department, classroom grade, and obligation/necessity beliefs. The study group of this study consists of 225 faculty of education students studying at a state university in Turkey departments of Physical education, social sciences, and Turkish language education range from 1st grade to 4th grade in the 2018-2019 academic year. Scale forms were collected in 15 days. As a data collection tool, motivation scale in English language learning scale was used. Data of the research were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test. According to research results, the study group’s mean score of learning English motivation is 3.48. There is no significant difference in faculty of education students’ motivations at gender and department variables. There is a significant difference in faculty of education students’ learning English motivations between 1st and 2nd grades and 2nd and 4th grades. In addition, there is a significant difference in faculty of education students’ learning English motivations at obligation/necessary belief.

Keywords

Learning English,Motivation,Student,University

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Studies on Education

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Mehmet Özcan
0000-0002-5451-0773
Türkiye

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June 30, 2019

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April 23, 2019

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May 25, 2019

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Year 2019 Volume: 11 Number: 18

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Özcan, M. (2019). Factors Affecting Faculty of Education Students’ English Learning Motivations. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 11(18), 1356-1372. https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.557244

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