English-Medium Instruction in a State University and Students’ English Self-Efficacy Beliefs

Duygu İşpınar Akçayoğlu; Omer Ozer; İ. Efe Efeoğlu

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English-Medium Instruction in a State University and Students’ English Self-Efficacy Beliefs

Abstract

Bir Devlet Üniversitesindeki İngiliz Dilinde Öğretim Uygulamaları ve Öğrencilerin İngilizce Özyeterlik İnançları

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Türkiye'deki üniversiteler, uluslararası rekabet güçlerini geliştirmek ve böylece kurumları için prestij elde etmek için giderek artan bir şekilde öğretim dili olarak İngilizce’yi benimsemektedir. Bu çalışma, öğretim dili kısmen ya da tamamen İngilizce olan programlara kayıtlı öğrencilerin İngilizce özyeterlik inançlarını ve İngiliz dilinde öğretim uygulamaları hakkındaki görüşlerini incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Bu çalışma karma yöntem desenine sahip olup araştırma sorularına cevap vermek için hem nicel hem de nitel veriler toplanmıştır. Çalışma, lisans öğrencilerine yönelik olarak 2017-2018 eğitim öğretim yılı bahar yarıyılında öğrencilerin dağıtılan anketleri doldurmaları yoluyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu bağlamda, veriler İngilizce ile ilgili Özyeterlik İnancı Ölçeği ve araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir anket aracılığıyla toplanmış ve üniversite genelinde yabancı dil hazırlık okulu ile lisans düzeyindeki tüm bölümlere uygulanması hedeflenmiştir. Çalışma 674 öğrencinin katılımı ile gerçekleşmiştir. Toplanan veriler istatistiksel ve tematik olarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada öğrencilerin İngilizce’ye ilişkin özyeterlik inançlarına ve yabancı dilde alan bilgisi kazanma deneyimlerine ilişkin sonuçlar ortaya konulmuştur. Açık uçlu sorulardan elde edilen bulgular, nicel verilerden elde edilen bulguların desteklenmesini sağlamıştır. Öğrencilerin öz-yeterlik inançlarının ve bu çalışmada incelenen öğretim dili İngilizce olan programlar ile ilgili görüşlerinin, üniversite yöneticilerinin kurumlarının dil politikasını geliştirmelerine veya yeniden yapılandırmalarına dair kararlarına ışık tutacağına inanılmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Lisans öğrencileri, özyeterlik inancı, yabancı dil olarak İngilizce, öğretim dili olarak İngilizce, yükseköğretim

Keywords

Undergraduate students,self-efficacy beliefs,English as a Foreign Language,English-medium instruction

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Duygu İşpınar Akçayoğlu ^*
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Omer Ozer
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İ. Efe Efeoğlu
0000-0003-3928-4568

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February 5, 2019

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İşpınar Akçayoğlu, D., Ozer, O., & Efeoğlu, İ. E. (2019). English-Medium Instruction in a State University and Students’ English Self-Efficacy Beliefs. Cumhuriyet Uluslararası Eğitim Dergisi, 8(3), 651-669. https://izlik.org/JA38LG37RN

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