Autonomy and European Language Portfolio Use among Turkish Adolescents

Nehir Sert, John Adamson, Şener Büyüköztürk

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the difference between perceptions among adolescents towards autonomy regarding the European Language Portfolio Use (ELPU); and effects of autonomy and ELPU on the English attainment. It further focuses on how ELP and autonomy promoting strategies are used. The participants comprised 309 6th-8th year students in their early adolescence and 11 teachers in two private primary schools in Ankara and Adana. A ‘sequential explanatory’ research design is applied. Results reveal that the students who did not use ELP scored higher on the ‘Adolescent Autonomy Scale’ and ‘Language Learning Autonomy Scale (LLAS)’ than those who used ELPs. LLAS scores were the significant predictors of the English attainment. Furthermore, the ELPU was not supported with autonomy promoting strategies.

Keywords

Ergen özerkliği, dil öğreniminde özerklik, Avrupa Dil Gelişim Dosyası

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