Adult EFL Learners' Drives to Improve Their English in Private Language Schools

Autor/inn/en	Souri, Davood; Merç, Ali
Titel	Adult EFL Learners' Drives to Improve Their English in Private Language Schools
Quelle	In: International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 8 (2021) 3, S.92-102 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Souri, Davood) ORCID (Merç, Ali)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-9378
Schlagwörter	Adult Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Private Schools; Foreign Countries; Student Motivation; Employment Qualifications; Interests; Language Proficiency; Influences; Language Skills; Turkey (Istanbul) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Private school; Privatschule; Ausland; Schulische Motivation; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Bildungsinteresse; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor
Abstract	The present study investigated EFL adult learners' reasons behind learning English in a new setting with a mixed-design research methodology. The subjects of this study were forty adult English language learners, 20 males and 20 females, who were learning English as a foreign language in a private English language school in Istanbul. Necessary data regarding the participants' reasons for learning English were collected through two instruments: questionnaires and interviews. The data analysis revealed that external factors such as finding a job and personal interests such as the desire to make friends urged and encouraged the participants to enrol in the private English language school to improve their English after a hard day of work or study. The study's findings concluded that both instrumental and integrative motivation played roles in the participants' drives to study English. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies. Sakarya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey. e-mail: ijpesjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/pes
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01