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Andragogical and Pedagogical Orientations of Adult Learners Learning English as a Foreign Language
Author(s) -
Deveci Tanju
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.10287
Subject(s) - turkish , psychology , foreign language , andragogy , pedagogy , mathematics education , adult education , linguistics , philosophy
This study aimed to study the andragogical and pedagogical orientations of adults learning English as a foreign language. The Turkish version of the Educational Orientation Questionnaire (Christian, 1983) was used. Sixty adults at evening classes in Turkey were included in the study. The results of the study revealed that the subjects were more andragogically oriented. However, the wide range of scores suggested that they were not rigid in their orientations and tended to hold pedagogical tendency towards learning too.