Turkish students' motivation to learn English at public and private universities

BEKTAŞ ÇETİNKAYA Y., Oruc N.

2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010), İstanbul, Türkiye, 4 - 08 Şubat 2010, cilt.2, ss.4662-4666 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 2
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.746
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4662-4666
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Motivation, language learning, private university, Turkish students
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study investigates whether Turkish university students are motivated to learn English, why they want to learn English, and what kind of role English plays in their lives. Furthermore, it examines whether there are significant differences between language learners in a public university and a private university. The study is descriptive in nature with an extension of analyzing two subpopulations and comparing their results. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.