Iranian Students’ Attitudes and Motivations towards English Medium of Instruction

dc.contributor.advisorOsam, Necdet
dc.contributor.authorMansoory, Maysam
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-19T10:57:37Z
dc.date.available2018-06-19T10:57:37Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016
dc.departmentEastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of English Language Teachingen_US
dc.descriptionMaster of Arts in English Language Teaching (ELT). Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of English Language Teaching, 2016. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam.en_US
dc.description.abstractCurrent MA Thesis study is an Eastern Mediterranean University case study of attitudes and motivations of Iranian students towards English language, English Speakers and English as a Medium of Instruction. The Context of the study is EMU located in Cyprus. In order to achieve the aim of the study 4 research questions have been proposed, and a mixed method data collection procedure was set and organized out of an already existing test battery, prepared by Robert, C. Gardner (2006) known as AMTB. This instrument was tested and piloted, and its reliability and validity was insured. Then the instrument was distributed among 199 participants, while they were asked to reflect their views and feelings as honestly as possible. Data analysis procedure was done via SPSS software package. The results of this study shows that Iranian student carry positive attitudes and motivations towards English and English Medium Instruction. The type of the motivation was mainly integrative. Keywords: Attitudes, Motivations, EMI, Globalizationen_US
dc.description.abstractÖZ : Bu çalışmada, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesinde eğitim gören İranlı öğrencilerin İngilizce‟ye, İngilizce konuşanlara ve eğitim dili olarak İngilizceye karşı tutumlarının ve motivasyon düzeylerinin saptanması hedeflenmektedir. Çalışma Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmanıın hedefleri doğrultusunda öne sürülen 4 araştırma sorusunu cevaplamak için karma yöntem izlenmiş, veriler Robert, C. Gardner (2006) tarafından tasarlanan ve AMTB olarak bilinen test battery aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Çalışmaya başlamadan önce veri toplama aracı ile pilot çalışma yapılıp aracın güvenilirliği ve geçerliliği ıspatlanmış, sonrasında ise veri toplama aracı 199 İranlı katılımcıya uygulanarak katılımcıların görüşleri elde edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar SPSS ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlara gore İranlı katılımcıların İngilizce ve İngilizce dilinde eğitime karşı olumlu tutum ve yüksek motivasyon düzeylerinin olduğu saptanmıştır. Anahtar Sözcükler: Tutum, motivasyon, EMI, Globalleşme .en_US
dc.identifier.citationMansoory, Maysam. (2016). Iranian Students’ Attitudes and Motivations towards English Medium of Instruction. Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of English Language Teaching (ELT), Famagusta: North Cyprus.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/3793
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTez
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectEnglish Language Teaching (ELT)en_US
dc.subjectEnglish language - Study and teaching (Higher)en_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectMotivationsen_US
dc.subjectEMIen_US
dc.subjectGlobalizationen_US
dc.titleIranian Students’ Attitudes and Motivations towards English Medium of Instructionen_US
dc.typeMaster Thesis

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