%0 Journal Article
%T The Relationship between Foreign Language Achievement, Academic Self-Concept, and Attitudes towards Foreign Languages of Prospective Physical Education Teachers
%A A. Seda SARACALO£¿LU
%A S. Rana VAROL
%J Journal of Theory and Practice in Education
%D 2007
%I ?anakkale Onsekiz Mart University
%X The present research is aimed at examining the relationship between Foreign Language achievement, attitudes towards foreign languages and academic self-concept in the Prep Class of prospective Physical Education teachers. The sample consisted of 32.9% females and 67.1% males, totaling 73 students, in the School of Physical Education and Sports at Ege University. In the study, ¡°The Attitude Scale towards Foreign Languages¡± developed by Saracalo lu (1992) and ¡°Academic Self-Concept Scale¡± adapted by G¨¹rel (1986) were administered to the sample. In the research, the data were analyzed by ANOVA, Scheffe and LSD tests, correlation and multiple regression analysis. There was a positive relationship between/among foreign language achievement, academic self-concept (r=.90) and foreign language attitudes (r=.79). There was also a significant relationship between academic self-concept and foreign language attitudes (r=.90). Attitudes towards foreign languages and academic self-concept account for 82% of the variance in foreign language achievement. On the other hand, when foreign language attitudes are statistically fixed, academic self-concept accounts only for 44% of the variance in achievement. In this respect, academic self-concept is the most important factor that accounts for the variance in Prep Class achievement.
%K attitudes toward foreign language
%K academic self-concept
%K foreign language achievement
%K physical education and sports
%K prospective teachers
%U http://eku.comu.edu.tr/index/3/1/ssaracoglu_rvarol.pdf