Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2019
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: BURAK AKYOL
Danışman: İlknur Savaşkan
Özet:This study attempts to identify the attitudes of middle school students towards English, including intensive foreign language classes. It also aims to find out differences between students’ attitudes and their grades, demographic information, and achievement. Lastly, expressing the reasons behind the negative attitudes towards English is another attempt of this current study. This particular research has been conducted with 209 (male= 105; female=104) students from 3 different secondary schools at Darende, Malatya, Turkey, during the 2018/2019 academic year. Quantitative and qualitative data have been gathered; in other words, a mixed-method has been used. For quantitative data Gardner’s Attitude / Motivation Test Battery has been utilised. That instrument has been adapted into Turkish version. Additionally, a semi-structured interview has been conducted with 20 volunteer participants. Data have been analysed via IBM’s SPSS and content analysis technique. vii Results of this particular study have indicated that state secondary school students from fifth, intensive foreign language fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades have a moderate level of attitudes towards English with a mean of 3.57. It has been found out that there is a statistically significant difference between students’ grades and their attitudes towards English. Intensive foreign language fifth-grade students have shown highest level of positive attitudes towards English. When it is compared with the normal fifth grades, intensive foreign language fifth grades have more positive attitudes towards English. Results have presented that there are not any statistically significant differences between gender, students’ family income level and attitudes. However, there is a statistically significant difference between students’ taking supportive courses and attitudes. Students who are taking supportive and training courses have shown higher positive attitudes. Additionally, study results have revealed that when students’ end-year marks are raising, their attitudes are increasing too. Finally, results have shown that factors such as comprehension, difficulty of lesson, pronunciation and spelling, teacher behaviours, fear of making mistakes, discomfort, and social value of English in Turkey are provoking factors for negative attitudes towards English. This study shows the results in details and provides some interpretations and implications for language education in Turkey.