Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğrenen Uluslararası Öğrencilerin Motivasyon Durumları

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to apply the motivation scale to international students learning Turkish as a foreign language in order to determine the motivation status of international students learning Turkish as a foreign language. Motivation status of students will be evaluated by their ages, nationalities and language levels. In the study, the scale of "Motivation Towards Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language", developed by Sevim (2019), consisting of a total three dimensions (internal, instrumental and cultural) and 22 items, was applied. Scale carries importance as it is the first example regarding motivation in the field of learning Turkish as a foreign language. A total of 103 students in Turkey were involved in the research. Within the scope of the study, data were collected from 46 students studying at Ankara Medipol University Turkish Preparatory School, 40 students studying at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Turkish Teaching Center and 17 students who are members of the Yedi Kıta International Student Association. Data from the research were analysed with SPSS 24.0. According to the results, instrumental motivation differs significantly by country (p<0,05) and the instrumental motivation scores of Iranian students were higher than the others. When the internal and cultural motivations of the students were examined, it was revealed that there was no significant difference in terms of age and language levels. Although the difference between the scores is not found statistically significant, a difference is seen in the score averages. According to participants' countries, ages and language levels, the cultural motivation score averages were low. According to the total score averages, it was seen that the motivation towards learning Turkish as a foreing language was higher than all the variables.