Evaluation of the attitudes of classroom teacher candidates towards oral expression and towards the lesson of oral expression

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to reveal the attitudes of classroom teachers towards oral expression and towards the lesson of oral expression. In this research, where the opinions of 390 students studying at the Faculty of Education, Classroom Teaching Department during 2009-2010 educational year are taken, "Scale of attitude towards oral expression and towards the lesson of oral expression" used as data collecting tool. The findings are presented numerically. In light of the achieved findings, the reached result is that classroom teacher candidates have positive attitudes towards oral expression and towards the lesson of oral expression, and that the results do not differ according to gender.