Students’ Attitudes towards Vocational Foreign Language Course
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine students’
attitudes towards Vocational Foreign Language Course and if the their attitudes
display significant differences in terms of gender, age, department, the place
they live, passing marks, the type of high school they graduated from, their
mothers’ and fathers’ graduation levels and being abroad. The study was carried
out in descriptive survey method. The population of the study comprised of
senior students at two vocational colleges of Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli
University in 2015-2016 spring semester. “Attitude Scale towards Vocational
Foreign Language Course” was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using
independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA. The findings revealed that
students, in general, have positive attitudes towards Vocational Foreign
Language Course and their attitudes differed in terms of gender, age,
department and passing mark; however, their attitudes did not have a difference
in terms of other variables.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Selda Ozer
NEVŞEHİR HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Ercan Yılmaz
Necmettin Erbakan University
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 1, 2016
Submission Date
June 12, 2017
Acceptance Date
June 29, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 3 Number: 2