Investigation of Turkish EFL learners’ attributions on success and failure in learning English

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Aysun Yavuz * , Devrim Höl a Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, English Language Teaching, Çanakkale, Turkeyb Pamukkale University, Department of Basic Languages, Denizli, TurkeyAPA Citation:Yavuz, A., Höl, D. (2017) Investigation of Turkish EFL learners’ attributions on success and failure in learning English. Journal ofLanguage and Linguistic Studies, 13(2), 379-396.Submission Date:27/07/2017Acceptance Date:03/08/2017AbstractThe purpose of this study is to investigate the attributions of Turkish EFL learners on success and failure inlearning English as a foreign language with different variables such as gender and level of English proficiency.To investigate the attributions of the participants and gather the relevant data, a questionnaire including 38 itemsand semi-structured interview protocol were applied. To analyze the data, SPSS 20.0 was used, and interviewprotocol was decoded using document analysis. It was revealed from the findings that learners attribute theirsuccess and failure to both internal and external attributions; however, they give more priority to internalattributions. Investigating all these concepts will help all the stakeholders to be aware and understand the reasonsbehind the learners’ success and failure in learning English with different variables including gender, and levelof proficiency.