Attitudes of Turkish and Foreign Students towards English Language, and Their English Speaking Anxiety at Turkish International Schools in Saudi Arabia

Autor/inn/en	Baykara, Tuba; Aksu Ataç, Bengü
Titel	Attitudes of Turkish and Foreign Students towards English Language, and Their English Speaking Anxiety at Turkish International Schools in Saudi Arabia
Quelle	In: International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 8 (2021) 1, S.485-504 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Baykara, Tuba) ORCID (Aksu Ataç, Bengü)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-225X
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Language Attitudes; Positive Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Foreign Students; International Schools; Public Schools; Language of Instruction; Turkish; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Anxiety; Self Efficacy; Language Proficiency; Cultural Background; Correlation; Likert Scales; Measures (Individuals); Native Language; Foreign Countries; Saudi Arabia; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sprachverhalten; Negative Fixierung; International school; Internationale Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Türkisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Angst; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Korrelation; Likert-Skala; Messdaten; Ausland; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	The study focused on the attitudes of Turkish and foreign students' attitudes towards English language, and their English speaking anxiety. The study adopted case study research design based on quantitative data. The participants were 140 High School Students (70 Turkish, 70 foreign) at Turkish International Schools in Saudi Arabia, and were all selected randomly and on voluntary basis. The data were collected via a) the Questionnaire on Attitudes Toward English adapted from Aiken by Tunç (2003); b) the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS)' adapted from Horwitz by Saltan (2003). The data were analyzed through statistical tests, such as Pearson Correlation, t-test, standard deviation, mean scores, and simple linear regression. The results of the two groups in terms of attitude and anxiety indicated that Turkish students developed more negative attitudes towards English with more anxiety, whereas foreign students had more positive attitudes towards English with less anxiety. The results also revealed that there was a significant and negative relationship between attitudes of students towards English and their English speaking anxiety. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01