Understanding the Reasons for Class Repetition in an English Language Preparatory Department

Abstract

Repeaters experienced some unknown difficulties in learning English in the English language preparatory department (ELPD) of a Turkish university. Therefore, the present study aimed to find out what the difficultieswere and how the difficulties were experienced. The present study was designed as a hermeneutic phenomenological study. Sixteen students who studied in a level once or more than once participated into the study. The data were collected with semi-structured interviews and content-analyzed.Different strategies like thick description and decentralization were used for the trustworthiness of the study. The findings indicated that six sources led to the students’ fear of failure and influenced their perception of education negatively, which resulted in studying in a level many times.

Keywords

• ELPD,Reasons of class repetition,Repeaters

Bir İngilizce Hazırlık Bölümünde Sınıf Tekrarlarının Nedenlerini Anlamak

Öz

Bir Türk üniversitesinin İngilizce hazırlık bölümünde (İHB), sınıf tekrarı yapan öğrenciler İngilizce öğrenirken bilinmeyen birkaç zorluk yaşamışlardır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma, zorlukların ne olduğunu ve bu zorlukların nasıl tecrübe edildiğini bulmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışma, hermeneutik bir olgu çalışması olarak dizayn edilmiştir. Çalışmaya bir seviyeyi bir ya da birden fazla kez tekrar eden on altı öğrenci katılmıştır. Veriler, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmelerle toplanmış ve içerik analizi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın inandırıcılığı sağlamak için yoğun anlatım ve merkezsizleşme gibi farklı stratejiler kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, altı unsurun öğrencilerde kalma korkusuna ve eğitim anlayışlarını olumsuz etkilenmesine neden olmuştur ki bunlar katılımcıların bir seviyeyi birden fazla kere tekrar etmelerine neden olmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İHB,Sınıf tekrarının nedenleri,Sınıf tekrarı yapan öğrenciler

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