Research Article

Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students

Number: 41 June 19, 2019
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Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students

Abstract

In order to improve the student motivation, this study aims to determine the opinions of Translation Studies students about achievement goal orientations in terms of variables such as gender, department, class and perception of academic achievement. Research is based on the relational screening model and the research data was collected by using the Goal Orientations Scale adapted to Turkish by Akın & Çetin (2007). During the academic year 2017-2018, 242 students studying in the German, French and English Translation Studies Departments at a state university participated in the research. As a result, it was observed that learning orientation, one of the three sub-dimensions of achievement goal orientations, varies significantly by gender and perception of academic achievement; and performance-approach orientation, other sub-dimension, by department and gender. No statistically significant relationship was found between variables and performance-avoidance orientation, the third sub-dimension.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 19, 2019

Submission Date

November 13, 2018

Acceptance Date

February 25, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Number: 41

APA
Işık Akdağ, A. (2019). Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 41, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.586510
AMA
1.Işık Akdağ A. Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students. SEFAD. 2019;(41):1-14. doi:10.21497/sefad.586510
Chicago
Işık Akdağ, Ayşe. 2019. “Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, nos. 41: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.586510.
EndNote
Işık Akdağ A (June 1, 2019) Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 41 1–14.
IEEE
[1]A. Işık Akdağ, “Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students”, SEFAD, no. 41, pp. 1–14, June 2019, doi: 10.21497/sefad.586510.
ISNAD
Işık Akdağ, Ayşe. “Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 41 (June 1, 2019): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.586510.
JAMA
1.Işık Akdağ A. Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students. SEFAD. 2019;:1–14.
MLA
Işık Akdağ, Ayşe. “Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, no. 41, June 2019, pp. 1-14, doi:10.21497/sefad.586510.
Vancouver
1.Ayşe Işık Akdağ. Improving Motivation in Translator Training: Achievement Goal Orientations of Translation Studies Students. SEFAD. 2019 Jun. 1;(41):1-14. doi:10.21497/sefad.586510

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