摘要：AbstractThe aim of this study is to examine English preparatory class students’ attitudes towards the reasons for using Turkish while learning a foreign language (English). A five-point Likert type scale consisting of 28 items was developed to measure students’ attitudes towards using the target language and the native tongue as a medium in the classroom. The scale, then, was administered on randomly chosen 172 preparatory class students (98 female, 74 male). Factor analysis, t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were carried out; for the data distribution, frequency, percentage and means were calculated. No significant difference was found out among the sub-scales in terms of age and gender.
关键词：Reasons for using native tongue;target language;fear;motivation deficiency;self confidence deficiency and readiness
