The present study was conducted at Dumlupinar University, Department of Foreign
Languages Preparatory Classes to investigate the relationship between degrees of
learner autonomy, use of strategies for coping with speaking problems and success in
speaking class of the participants.
To determine the degree of correlation among degree of learner autonomy, use of
strategies for coping with speaking problems and success in speaking class, 102
participants were distributed a questionnaire. The questionnaire asked the
participants to self report the strategies they use when they have problems during
speaking English and also to report their degree of learner autonomy as an English
language learner by choosing one of the items on the questionnaire. Following the
completion of the questionnaire the quantitative data analysis method was performed
via SPSS (Statistical Package of Social Sciences) 13.0 by conducting ANOVA and
MANOVA tests and some descriptive statistics.
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As a result, the results of the study revealed that learners with low speaking grades
are worse than learners with high speaking grades during the use of strategies for
coping with speaking problems on the whole. Similarly, learners with low speaking
grades also reported themselves as less autonomous when compared to high
proficiency learners of English, although the difference is not significant between the
group of learners in average speaking grade level and high grade level.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609846/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2008 |
| Creators | Gokgoz, Burcu |
| Contributors | Seferoglu, Golge |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.A. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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