The Attitudes of Pre-service Teachers towards EFL Writing

dc.creator	Selami Ayd��n
dc.creator	Tutku Başöz
dc.date	2010-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:49Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:49Z
dc.identifier	1305-578X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e871b0e9cae144ac802ca1898f095b71
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13124
dc.description	The results of the previous studies indicate that no consensus exists on either the attitudes towards EFL writing or the factors that affect these attitudes. In addition, the studies mainly focused on the attitudes of language learners, rather than teachers. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the attitudes of pre-service teachers towards writing in English as a foreign language and the relationship between their attitudes and certain variables. A background questionnaire and a scale intending to measure the attitudes were administered to a sample group of 162 pre-service teachers of English. The collected data were used to provide a descriptive and correlational analysis. The results of the study indicated that pre-service teachers mainly have positive attitudes towards writing in English as a foreign language. Furthermore, it was found that age, gender, educational background and language proficiency significantly correlate with some statements in the scale.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
dc.relation	http://www.jlls.org/Issues/Volume%206/No.2/54-69.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-578X
dc.source	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 54-69 (2010)
dc.subject	English as a foreign language
dc.subject	writing
dc.subject	attitudes
dc.subject	pre-service teachers
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The Attitudes of Pre-service Teachers towards EFL Writing
dc.type	article