An analysis of the factors that affect the PEC A1 EFL learners' English language self efficacy beliefs

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2019

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: Ramazan Güzel

Danışman: ZÜBEYDE SİNEM GENÇ

Özet:

The present study aimed to analyze the factors that affect the PEC A1 EFL learners' English Language self efficacy beliefs. Self-efficacy beliefs of the trainees in Public Education Centers of Bursa province was examined in the context of various variables such as gender, working status, marital status, education level, profession, income rate, duration of course, time of lesson, course period, number of trainees and break time. Three tools were used to collect data: Demographic variables form, Self-Efficacy Scale for English and Semi-structured interview. The first tool demography questionnaire contains twelve questions that will be used as independent variables of the study. These are; gender, viii working status, marital status, education level, profession, income rate, having child, number of trainees of the course, duration of the course, time of lessons, break time and course period. Self-Efficacy Scale for English was used to investigate foreign language skills of the trainees, and the scale was used for the evaluation of Public Education Centers' A1 level language curriculum. The study included 102-course participants from eight public education centers in Bursa province. A semi-structured interview was conducted to get more reliable data and 10 volunteer trainees were interviewed to gather qualitative data. Quantitative data were analysed by descriptive statistics while qualitative data were analysed via the content analysis process. The findings indicated that self-efficacy of Public Education Centers’ trainees did not differ according to their personal traits. Correlation analysis shows that there are strong relationships among number of trainees and break time of the courses and reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. And finally, the results indicate that English language selfefficacy levels of the trainees are moderate, and based on this it can be said that the basic level English course programs at the Public Education Centers provide the participants with the skills at a moderate level. It can be said that this study contributes to the related literature in terms of the results achieved.