Parental involvement in early second language learning: The role of the immediate environment/ Mariam Alawawda; Supervisor: Özge Razı by Dil: İngilizce
Yayın ayrıntıları:Nicosia: Cyprus International University, 2020
Tez notu: ABSTRACT The home environment, school environment, parents' attitudes, motivation towards second language learning, and teachers are some factors that can affect children's development in second language learning. Moreover, factors such as parents' supervision and children's support are essential during the learning development. This study aimed at exploring the influence of parental involvement in their children's second language learning. Parents of first-grade primary school pupils enrolled at private schools located in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) took part of this study. In addition, 154 structured questionnaires were administered and retrieved to the participants. The research subsequently employed PLS-SEM for the structural model analysis study with the use of Smart PLS 3. The influence of income level, marital status, and parents' educational level was investigated through the use of multi-group analysis (MGA). The outcomes showed that parents' educational level significantly moderate the relationship between methods employed by parents and their sources of motivation in their children's second language learning stage. Finally, methods employed by the parents and their source of motivation influence the child second language learning, also a statistically significant relationship was found between the abovementioned variables. Keywords: Children's early second language learning, home environment, second language learning, PLS-SEM, parents' motivation.
Kullanılabilirlik: Ödünç verilebilen materyaller: CIU LIBRARY (1)Yer numarası:D 194 A43 2020.