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Characteristics of Learners of Turkish: Motivation, Investment, Beliefs, Autonomy and Strategies

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dc.contributor.authors Soruc, A; Griffiths, C; Okur, A;
dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-24T13:47:57Z
dc.date.available 2020-02-24T13:47:57Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.citation Soruc, A; Griffiths, C; Okur, A; (2017). Characteristics of Learners of Turkish: Motivation, Investment, Beliefs, Autonomy and Strategies. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING, 7, 176-166
dc.identifier.issn 2146-1732
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12619/44521
dc.description.abstract This article describes a study into the multiple interacting factors which are involved in the successful learning of Turkish, the demand for which has been steadily increasing given the geo-political realities of the region at this time. The participants were 250 students of Turkish learning Turkish as a target language. A 12-item questionnaire was used which examined motivation, investment, beliefs, autonomy and strategy use on a rating scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The highest ratings were for motivation and the belief that Turkish is a good language to learn (median rating=5). None of the biographical variables (gender, age, nationality, length of study or length of time in Turkey) was found to be significantly related to the test score. The findings, which would seem to suggest that all of these multiple factors contribute to successful course outcomes, are discussed and compared with existing literature. Possibilities for further research are also suggested. (C) Association of Applied Linguistics. All rights reserved
dc.language English
dc.publisher JOURNAL LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING
dc.subject Education & Educational Research
dc.title Characteristics of Learners of Turkish: Motivation, Investment, Beliefs, Autonomy and Strategies
dc.type Article
dc.identifier.volume 7
dc.identifier.startpage 166
dc.identifier.endpage 176
dc.contributor.department Sakarya Üniversitesi/Eğitim Fakültesi/Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü
dc.contributor.saüauthor Soruç, Adem
dc.contributor.saüauthor Okur, Alpaslan
dc.relation.journal JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000417431400010
dc.contributor.author Soruç, Adem
dc.contributor.author Carol Griffiths
dc.contributor.author Okur, Alpaslan


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