A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENJOYMENT OF LEARNERS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENJOYMENT OF LEARNERS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS

Summary/Abstract: This current study was carried out to find out learners' foreign language enjoyment levels (FLE). Participants chosen based on purposive sampling method were 150 EFL learners studying at a university in Turkey. The present study was designed as a mixed-method research design. A scale and individual semi-structured interviews were used as data collection tools. Data obtained from the questionnaire were analysed through descriptive and inferential statistics while qualitative data were analysed based on inductive content analysis. As a result of analyses, it was found that learners experience moderate level of enjoyment in their English classes and there is not a significant difference among participants based on the high school department from which they graduated. Inductive content analysis also found FLE personal, FLE environment, FLE instructional as main categories derived from the qualitative data. In other words, the source of the participants' level of FLE was found to be based on the participants' accounts, including personal, environmental and instructional reasons.

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