Abstract
This study set out to examine the writing skill self-efficacy of students studying at English and German Language Teaching Departments in terms of various variables. Survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was preferred. Participants who study at English and German Language Teaching Departments at a university in Turkey were the samples of the research. 103 students, in total, participated in the research, and 62.1% of them were female and 37.9% of them were males. As the data collection instruments in the research, “self-efficacy scale of writing skills for foreigners learning Turkish as a second language” and “personal information form” were used. The scale had two dimensions as “expression and morphological characteristics of writing” and “using grammar rules in writing”. As a result of the research, there were significant differences only in self-efficacy in using grammar rules dimension. In addition, female participants compared to males; participants studying German Language Teaching compared to English Language Teaching; and the fourth grade participants compared to the third grades were determined to have higher writing skill self-efficacy.
Highlights
IntroductionEducation is a concept that has been needed since the beginning of humanity
1.1 Literature Review1.1.1 Teaching EducationEducation is a concept that has been needed since the beginning of humanity
When the writing skills of the participants were examined in terms of gender variable, no significant difference was found in the dimension of "expression and morphological characteristics of writing", but significant differences were determined in favour of female participants in the dimension of "using grammar rules in writing"
Summary
Education is a concept that has been needed since the beginning of humanity. Societies have been able to interact and develop in economic, political, military and social fields. The most important factor in providing education to students successfully and in developing societies is undoubtedly the teacher. 110) describes teacher as a person who initiates, directs and facilitates the learning of individuals in line with a certain purpose in his study on teachers. 866) identifies the concept of teacher as the person assigned to guide and direct the learning experiences of students in a public or private educational institution; Çiçek Sağlam The higher the quality of education pre-service teachers receive, the more the pre-service teachers can develop themselves and the more beneficial they can be to their students and society
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