Personal theories of EFL learners: a case study on the development of personal theories

KESEN MUTLU A.

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.2728-2731, 2009 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.483
  • Dergi Adı: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2728-2731
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Personal theories, english language learners, personal construct theory
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Individualized meanings and creation of responses facilitate both the comprehension and the reflection upon the text when reading literature. The present study is concerned with one EFL student and how his personal theories about reading fiction changed over a period of 10 months. The findings which are represented by repertory grid data are drawn from a larger scale study concerned with 20 EFL students. The data suggested that the participating EFL student's personal theories displayed little change in content while the structure of his theories changed significantly and the change was non-linear. © 2009.