An Investigation into ELT Professionals’ Research Culture in Turkey

İngiliz dilinin eğitimi alanında araştırmacıların çalışmalarıyla ilgili tutum, istek, beceri, deneyim ve beklentilerini irdeleyen bir araştırma henüz yapılmamıştır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma Türkiye gibi gelişmekte olan bir ülkede ilgili anabilim dalında görev yapmakta olan akademisyenlerin ve lisansüstü öğrencilerinin araştırma kültürlerini incelemeyi hedeflemiştir. Veri toplama amacıyla araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen anket formu, ülkemizdeki 34 farklı üniversitenin ilgili anabilim dallarına gönderilmiş ve toplam 159 katılımcıya uygulanmıştır. Ayrıca, 12 katılımcıyla yarı yapılandırılmış mülakat yapılmıştır. Sonuçlar, akademisyenler ve öğrenciler arasında önemli farklara işaret etmektedir. Katılımcılar en çok bir makalenin tartışma bölümünü yazarken zorlandıklarını, kaynakça yazımınınsa bir akademik makalenin yazması en kolay bölümü olduğunu belirtmişlerdir. Katılımcılar araştırmayla ilgili deneyime sahip olduklarını bildirmelerine rağmen, vaka ya da aksiyon araştırması gibi uzun soluklu çalışmalarla ilgili deneyim eksiklikleri bulunduğuna dikkat çekmişlerdir.

Türkiye’deki İngiliz Dili Eğitimi Uzmanlarının Araştırma Kültürlerinin İncelenmesi

This study aims to reveal English language academicians and postgraduate students’ ambitions about involving in research studies in a developing country, Turkey. To collect data, a questionnaire was constructed and delivered to 159 ELT academicians and students to learn about their experiences in research and writing a research report, and perception of difficulty in different sections of a research report. Besides, semi-constructed interviews were also administered to 12 academicians. The results indicated significant differences between academicians and students. Besides, discussion was regarded as the most difficult part whereas writing references was the easiest. Although participants reported their experiences in constructing the skeleton of a research paper, they regarded themselves weak in long run studies.

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