Investigating Turkish EFL Learners' Beliefs about German, Italian and French as a Second Foreign Language

Autor/in	Atas, Ufuk
Titel	Investigating Turkish EFL Learners' Beliefs about German, Italian and French as a Second Foreign Language
Quelle	3 (2012) 1, S.108-117, Artikel 12 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1309-6249
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); French; Italian; German; Student Attitudes; Turkish; Native Language; Undergraduate Students; Language of Instruction; Universities; Foreign Countries; Language Attitudes; Required Courses; Decision Making; Comparative Analysis; Turkey (Ankara) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Französisch; Italienisch; Deutscher; Schülerverhalten; Türkisch; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; University; Universität; Ausland; Sprachverhalten; Pflichtkurs; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	This paper reports on a study that investigated beliefs about second foreign language learning of Turkish EFL learners, compared their beliefs about learning German, Italian and French as a second foreign language and explored within-group variation in these learners' beliefs. The primary purpose of this study is to identify Turkish learners' beliefs about compulsory second foreign language courses in French, Italian and German at an English-medium university in Turkey. Another aim of the study is to identify the underlying reasons the students have for choosing and not choosing a particular second foreign language course among available options as well as to see whether beliefs varied according to the semester of the students. The results indicated that the participants had different beliefs about second foreign languages and that their beliefs are stable over time. [This article has been presented at the 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Education and Their Implications -- ICONTE, 27-29 April 2011, Antalya, Turkey.] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01