ELT Research Journal

Yazarlar: Hüseyin ÖZ, Ulvican YAZAR, Pelin İRGİN

Konular:Dil ve Dil Bilim, Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

Anahtar Kelimeler:Locus of control,EFL learners,Translation achievement,Internal locus of control,External locus of control

Özet: This study sought to investigate the relationship between Internal Locus of Control and English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ translation achievement and to explore whether there was a significant difference in locus of control among different groups of EFL learners. The participants of the study comprised seventy-two EFL tertiary level students in a translation course at a state university in Turkey. The data were collected by means of Internal Locus of Control Index (ILCI) and achievement tests. Findings revealed that EFL learners’ loci of control significantly moderated their translation achievement. They had the potential to use their effort in translation studies when they were required to translate even complicated translation works. The results of the Pearson product-moment correlation and partial correlation tests indicated that the higher EFL learners’ internal locus of control was, the more they achieved in the translation course. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * We want to announce that there have been some corrections made in an article entitled as "EFL learners’ locus of control and translation achievement" which has been published in the second issue of the 9th volume of our journal. The second author, Ulvican Yazar from Sakarya University, Turkey has been added to the article contributors and the order of the contributions has changed as well. Therefore, the authors of the article are in order: 1st author: Hüseyin Öz, Hacettepe University 2nd author: Ulvican Yazar, Sakarya University 3rd and corresponding author: Pelin Irgin, TED University

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