Does Recreational Reading in Native Language Influence Foreign Language Learning Process?

Authors

Selami Aydin, Balikesir UniversityFollow

Abstract

Limited studies have been conducted on the effects on recreational reading in native language on foreign language learning, whereas no findings exist on the effects of recreational reading in Turkish as a native language (L1) on English as a foreign language (EFL) learning. Thus, this study aims to investigate the effects of recreational reading in L1 on the process of learning EFL. The sample group consists of 70 learners and a background questionnaire, interviews, oral presentations, classroom discussions, essay papers, and responses to examination questions were used for data collection. The results indicated that recreational reading in L1 has some significant contributions to EFL learning although it has some negative effects.

Keywords

Recreational Reading, Turkish as a Native Language, English as a Foreign Language Learning, Qualitative Research

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to thank the junior students of the ELT Department of Education Faculty of Balikesir University for their participation in the study, Tutku Basoz and Dilek Tufekci Can for their proofreading, and the journal reviewers and editors who helped to improve the paper.

Publication Date

11-1-2011

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1317

Recommended APA Citation

Aydin, S. (2011). Does Recreational Reading in Native Language Influence Foreign Language Learning Process?. The Qualitative Report, 16(6), 1554-1573. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1317