The Perceptions of Students Studying at a Vocational School on the Role of English in Their Lives and Their Reasons to Learn English / Meslek Yüksekokulu’nda Okuyan Öğrencilerin İngilizcenin Hayatlarındaki Rolü ile ilgili Görüşleri ve İngilizce Öğrenme Sebepleri

Semahat Aysu

doi:10.19160/ijer.392673

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The Perceptions of Students Studying at a Vocational School on the Role of English in Their Lives and Their Reasons to Learn English / Meslek Yüksekokulu’nda Okuyan Öğrencilerin İngilizcenin Hayatlarındaki Rolü ile ilgili Görüşleri ve İngilizce Öğrenme Sebepleri

Öz

Türkiye’de uzun yıllardır İngilizce yabancı dil olarak öğrenilmekte ve öğretilmektedir. İngilizce’nin öğrencilerin yaşamı üzerine rolü pek çok çalışmaya konu olmasına rağmen, şu ana kadar meslek yüksekokullarında okuyan öğrencilerin görüşleri araştırılmamıştır. Bu yüzden bu çalışmanın amacı meslek yüksekokulunda okuyan öğrencilerin İngilizce’nin mesleki ve sosyal yaşamlarını nasıl etkilediğine dair görüşlerini ortaya koymaktır. Çalışmanın amacı göz önünde bulundurularak nitel bir çalışma metodu uygulandı. Turizm ve Otel İşletmeciliği ve Muhasebe ve Vergi Uygulamalarında okuyan 10 gönüllü öğrenci yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeye katıldı. Görüşmelerden elde edilen veriler tematik analiz kullanılarak analiz edildi. Sonuçlar, öğrencilerin İngilizce öğrenmeye karşı algıları ve İngilizce öğrenme sebepleri olmak üzere iki tema ortaya çıkardı. İlk tema, olumlu ve olumsuz davranışlardan oluşmaktadır ve diğer temanın ise “meslek, iletişim ve eğlence” olmak üzere üç kodu vardır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İngilizce öğretimi,İngilizce öğrenme,Meslek Yüksekokulu,Yabancı dil

The Perceptions of Students Studying at a Vocational School on the Role of English in Their Lives and Their Reasons to Learn English / Meslek Yüksekokulu’nda Okuyan Öğrencilerin İngilizcenin Hayatlarındaki Rolü ile ilgili Görüşleri ve İngilizce Öğrenme Sebepleri

Abstract

English as a foreign language has been learnt and taught in Turkey for many years. Although the role of English in students’ lives is the subject of a number of studies, there is little research on the perceptions of students studying at vocational schools. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of students studying at a vocational school about how English affects their professional and their social life. Considering the purpose of the study qualitative research method was applied. Ten volunteer students studying Tourism and Hotel Management and Accounting and Tax Application participated in the semi-structured interview. Data gathered from interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. The results revealed two themes which were the perceptions of students towards learning English and their reasons to learn English. The first theme consists of positive attitudes and negative attitudes and the other theme has three codes which are as follows: profession, communication and entertainment.

Keywords

English teaching,English learning,vocational school,Foreign language

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Semahat Aysu ^*
Türkiye

Publication Date

April 20, 2019

Submission Date

February 9, 2018

Acceptance Date

January 25, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 10 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19160/ijer.392673

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA47RF48JG

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Aysu, S. (2019). The Perceptions of Students Studying at a Vocational School on the Role of English in Their Lives and Their Reasons to Learn English / Meslek Yüksekokulu’nda Okuyan Öğrencilerin İngilizcenin Hayatlarındaki Rolü ile ilgili Görüşleri ve İngilizce Öğrenme Sebepleri. E-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 10(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.19160/ijer.392673

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