Investigating students' self-efficacy perceptions towards English in relation to anxiety and attitude at a university context in Turkey

The aim of the study is to investigate university students' self-efficacy perceptions towards English in relation to attitude and anxiety at a state University context in Turkey. The population of this study, which was conducted in the quantitative research model, is composed of 341 freshman university students studying a state university in the east of Turkey. The sample is composed of students determined according to the convenience sampling method. "Attitude Scale towards English", "English Anxiety Scale", "English Self-Efficacy Scale" were used as data collection tools in the study. The Independent Samples t-test was calculated for comparing two groups, One-Way ANOVA for comparing more than two groups, Simple correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between students' self-efficacy perceptions, attitudes and anxieties towards English. The results indicate that students have a moderate and positive relationship between the perception of English self-efficacy and attitudes towards English, In addition, It was determined that students have a moderate negative relationship between English self-efficacy perception and English anxiety. There are statistically significant differences between students' gender and education levels and their attitude towards English, anxiety and self-efficacy perceptions.