Speaking anxiety among Turkish EFL learners: The case at a state university

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2014-06-01

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Öztürk, Gökhan
Gürbüz, Nurdan

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Bu çalışma yabancı dil konuşma kaygısının seviyesini, ana sebeplerini, belirleyici faktörlerini ve öğrencilerin algılarını araştırmaktadır. Çalışmaya Türkiyedeki bir devlet üniversitesinin İngilizce hazırlık programında okuyan 383 ön-orta seviyede öğrenci katılmıştır. Öğrencilerin kaygı seviyesini ölçmek için anket yöntemi kullanılmış, daha sonra yaşadıkları kaygı ile ilgili daha detaylı veri toplamak için rastgele seçilmiş 19 öğrenciyle görüşme yapılmıştır. Nicel veriler tanımlayıcı istatistiklerle analiz edilmiş, nitel verilerin analizinde ise içerik analizi kullanılmıştır. Nicel veriler öğrencilerin düşük seviyede konuşma kaygısı yaşadığını gösterse de, nitel veriler konuşma becerisinin öğrencilerin çoğu için kaygı yaratıcı bir faktör olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca, İngilizce telaffuz, ani sorular, hata yapma korkusu ve olumsuz değerlendirmeler konuşma kaygısının temel sebepleri olarak bulunmuştur. Son olarak, bu çalışmanın sonuçları yabancı dil konuşma kaygısın kendine özgü sebepleri, değişkenleri ve sonuçlarıyla ayrı bir olgu olduğunu göstermektedir.

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English as a foreign language, EFL speaking anxiety, Turkish learners

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/76991
https://www.jlls.org/index.php/jlls/article/view/178/165

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Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies

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Department of Foreign Language Education, Article

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G. Öztürk and N. Gürbüz, “Speaking anxiety among Turkish EFL learners: The case at a state university,” Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, pp. 1–17, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/76991.