Attitudes of the Students Studying at Kafkas University Private Primary EFL Classroom towards Storytelling and Motivation

dc.creator	Gencer Elkılıç
dc.creator	Catherine Akça
dc.date	2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:21:57Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:21:57Z
dc.identifier	1305-578X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8d7a350d18e640dd9910c823dede883e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/29240
dc.description	In order to determine their motivation for learning English as a foreign language;their preferred learning activities; and, in particular, their attitudes towards learningEnglish through the medium of storytelling, a questionnaire was administered to 21students from the 4th year of Kafkas University private primary school in Kars, Turkey.The results show that both story telling and grammar were perceived as very enjoyableby a majority of the participants, 71.43% and 52.38% respectively. Audio and visualteaching aids and comprehension questions were found to make a substantialcontribution towards facilitating understanding of the stories. The participantsdemonstrated various types of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation towards learningEnglish, in particular the belief that English would be useful, in some unspecified way,in the future (52.38% of respondents). The most popular learning activities were foundto be first language games, second acting out the stories, and third the storiesthemselves. The least popular learning activities were found to be tests and writing.However, 47.62% of participants specified that they did not dislike any of their learningactivities. The pedagogical implications of the findings are discussed.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
dc.relation	http://www.jlls.org/Issues/Volume%204/No.1/gelkilic_cakca.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-578X
dc.source	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-28 (2008)
dc.subject	stories
dc.subject	storytelling
dc.subject	children
dc.subject	young learners
dc.subject	motivation
dc.subject	Kafkas University Private Primary School
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	Attitudes of the Students Studying at Kafkas University Private Primary EFL Classroom towards Storytelling and Motivation
dc.type	article