Abstract
This study investigates foreign language teacher candidates’ views regarding the issue of autonomous learning through a survey given to the students in the Department of German Language Teaching at Marmara University in Istanbul. Participants’ views on their responsibilities, learning styles, strategies, and motivation during the learning processes were elicited through the scale “checklists for learner autonomy”. The results of the study indicate that while prospective teachers were aware of their learning styles and strategies, their strengths and weaknesses, they needed to develop their skills to put into practice what they knew about autonomous learning in theory. Key words: Autonomous learning, learning style, learning strategy.
Highlights
The aim of the study is to determine to what extent the university students are aware of their own learning styles and strategies
The sample group, which was limited to the teacher candidates studying in the Department of German Language and Education at Marmara University during the academic year 2012-2013, is composed of the first, second, third- and fourth-year students
The sample group to be examined in terms of their learning habits was investigated from such aspects as the type, strategy, motivation, planning of learning, realization of the learning plan and measurement of learning achievement
Summary
The aim of the study is to determine to what extent the university students are aware of their own learning styles and strategies. The increased amount of academic study lately in Turkey draws attention to the fact that the foreign language education is provided through autonomous learning in university preparatory classes. Some of these studies examiningthe autonomous learning from different aspects were shortly introduced and their importance for our study was mentioned in the study. In the postgraduate thesis study named „An examination of teacher candidates' autonomous learning levels according to various variables‟, Alkan (2015) examined 776 first-, second-, third- and fourth-year students who were studying atGaziosmanpaşa University, Faculty of Education during the academic year 2014-2015.
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