The Assessment Of The Attitude Toward Target Language Of High School Students Learning Turkish As A Foreign Fanguage In Turkey In Term Of Certain Variables

The purpose of this study is to assessment in terms of certain variables the attitude connected with target language of the high school students who teaching Turkish as a foreign language. At the study was used Foreign Language Attitude Scale that was developed by Briem (1974) and was made validity and reliability by Corbin and Chiachiere (1995) as a data collection instrument. The scale has been translated into Turkish and alpha reliability coefficient of this scale has been found as .88. The participant are 314 students (from 27 countries) who learning Turkish in Germirli İmam Hatip High School in Kayseri-Turkey. 314 students’ responses were studied. The data were analysed using means, standard deviation, Tukey and t-test. Also the success situation of the students was defined according to mean of marks in the Turkish Language at the end of semester. According to the space of 0-44 was accepted ‘not success’; the space of 45-100 was accepted ‘success’. This study showed that students’ who take Turkish as a foreign language attitude differ in term of nationality, the purpose of learning Turkish, and success status in Turkish language, but there is difference their degree.