Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2015
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: Ayşegül Utku Yurdakul
Danışman: SULTAN ÇİĞDEM SAĞIN ŞİMŞEK
Özet:This thesis analyzes the impact and magnitude of the language medium of instruction adopted at undergraduate programs on the foreign language learning beliefs of students attending compulsory language preparatory programs of their universities prior to commencing their higher education. The research was conducted at two universities in Ankara: Middle East Technical University (METU), where all academic education is provided in English, and TOBB University of Economics & Technology (TOBB), where programs are offered in either 100 per cent Turkish or a combination of 70 per cent Turkish and 30 per cent English. The data was collected through a survey questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. In total, 295 students participated in the questionnaire, and 26 in the interviews. v Data analysis was conducted both quantitatively and qualitatively in order to identify inter-group similarities and differences in the language learning belief patterns of English-medium students and Turkish-medium students regarding motivations, strategies, nature of language learning, apprehension/ difficulty, and aptitude in language learning. The research revealed that, although significant differences existed in some beliefs in the areas of motivations, strategies, nature of language learning and apprehension/ difficulty, the overall trend in beliefs were similar in both groups, emanating from students' awareness on the essentialness of learning English in the current era.