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Autor/in | Takkaç Tulgar, Aysegül |
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Titel | Speaking Anxiety of Foreign Learners of Turkish in Target Context |
Quelle | In: International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 5 (2018) 2, S.313-332 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Takkaç Tulgar, Aysegül) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 2148-225X |
Schlagwörter | Anxiety; Turkish; Second Language Learning; Coping; Student Attitudes; Native Speakers; Dialects; Pronunciation; Cultural Differences; Stress Variables; Foreign Students; Context Effect; Speech Skills; Foreign Countries; Turkey |
Abstract | While there are many studies on speaking anxiety in English, speaking anxiety in Turkish learned in target context remains under-examined. This qualitative study was intended to investigate the sources of speaking anxiety for foreign learners of Turkish as a second language and their coping strategies with these challenges. The data collected through semistructured observations and open-ended questions from ten foreign learners of Turkish. The results of the content analysis revealed that the participants favored the target context for their speaking development because of the available chances for exposure to and practice in the target language. However, the participants also referred to some challenges increasing their speaking anxiety such as the fear of making mistakes, being negatively evaluated, immediate questions, self-comparison with others and self-evaluation. They also counted such anxiety-creating, context-specific factors as the fear of communicating with native speakers, having native-speaker teachers, accent of the local people, cultural differences between themselves and other interlocutors. They also reported coping strategies like considering mistakes as natural and beneficial, regarding the existence of native speakers and friends from other countries contributory for language development and cultural enrichment, having self-preparation and doing individual listening or watching activities. In the light of these results, some practical suggestions were provided. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |