İngilizceyi Yabancı Dil Olarak Öğrenen Öğrencilerin İngilizceyi Öğrenirken Karşılaştıkları Güçlükler: Bir Kazak Olgu Çalışması

Öz

Bu çalışma öğrencilerin İngilizceyi iyice öğrenirken karşılaştıkları güçlükler üzerine yoğunlaşmıştır. İngilizcenin Yabancı Dil Olarak Öğretimi EFL konularından kaynaklı öğrencilerin duygusal durumlarıyla, İngilizceyi öğrenirken öğrencilerin karşılaştıkları zorluklarla ve öğrencilerin yetenekleriyle ilgilenilmiştir. Çalışmaya toplam 130 kazak öğrenci katılmıştır ki bunların 60'ı kız ve 70'i erkek'tir. Katılımcıların ortalama yaşı 19 olarak ifade edilmiştir ve yaşlarının standart sapması 1.16'dır. Araştırma sorularını cevaplayabilmek için hem nicel hem de nitel metodolojilerden faydalanılmıştır. Tanımlayıcı istatistiksel değerler hesaplanmış ve nicel veriler için bazı çıkarımsal istatistik işlemleri yapılmıştır. Katılımcılar tarafından İngilizcenin Yabancı Dil Olarak Öğretimi ile alakalı en sık karşılaşıldığı beyan edilen zorluk sözcük dağarcığının eksikliğiydi ve en az karşılaşıldığı ifade edilen zorluksa İngilizce yazılan materyalleri anlamaktaki bir takım sorunlar olarak görülmüştür. Katılımcılar tarafından kendileri için beyan ettikleri İngilizce becerileri ile İngilizceyi iyice öğrenirken karşılaştıkları genel anlamdaki zorluk sıklıkları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuyordu.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İngilizce, yabancı dil, öğrenme güçlükleri, iyi öğrenme.

EFL Students' Difficulties Encountered While Trying to Master English: A Kazakh Case Study

Öz

This study focused on difficulties that students face while mastering English. We were interested in their English skills, types of difficulties with learning English, and their emotional states caused by EFL issues. A total of 130 Kazakh students participated in this study. There were 60 females and 70 males in our sample. Participants' mean age was 19 and the standard deviation of their age was 1.16. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were utilized in order to answer the research questions. Descriptive statistical values were calculated and some inferential statistical procedures were conducted for the quantitative data. The most frequent EFL-related difficulty reported by students was the lack of vocabulary and the least frequent one was a set of problem with understanding materials written in English. Self-reported English skills were not in a statistically significant correlation with the overall frequency of difficulties encountered while mastering English.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• English, foreign language, learning difficulties, mastering.

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