The relation of learner autonomy with writing attitute and motivation in writing skill: An action research

This research is done to demonstrate the relation of learner autonomy with writing attitude and motivation in writing skills. The other purpose of this research is gaining a new perspective for writing skills with learner autonomy. Activity applications for gaining learner autonomy skills and writing skills exercises based on learner autonomy is fulfilled with the students in the study group. The research is done by qualitative investigation designs concerning action research. Action research is a kind of research often used in research related with practice and duration in qualitative research design. The study group of this research consists of 25 students of 7th grade students attending the state school called Kazım Karabekir secondary school who were voluntarily chosen by the random sampling method in Istanbul, Kadıköy district in 2014-2015 educational year. The data of this research consists of activity appliances, pupils' compositions, researcher's observation, researcher's diary, and pupil's diary, Personal Information Form, Writing Attitude Scale, Writing Motivation Scale and Learner Autonomy Scale. Some data has been collected from activity applications for obtaining learner autonomy skills and writing skills exercises based on learner autonomy. Some data is also collected before and after using the scales and researcher observations were done for each practice and researcher and pupil diaries were written after each appliance. This research was materialized by the data taken from the pre-tests and post-tests related with quantitative scales and personal information data analysis in SPSS 20.00 packet program. The statistical meaning level is accepted as 0.05. The qualitative data was gained by content and descriptive analysis techniques. The compositions for obtaining data on learner autonomy skills were analyzed by content analysis. In this research, category analysis was used amongst the kinds of content analysis. This research was sorted out through pupil and researcher's diaries and descriptive analysis in qualitative analysis techniques. Results are given below for activity applications for gaining learner autonomy skills and writing skills exercises based on learner autonomy: Learner autonomy skills of students increased with activity applications for gaining learner autonomy skills and writing skills exercises based on learner autonomy. Attitude towards writing of students increased with activity applications for obtaining learner autonomy skills and writing skills exercises based on learner autonomy. Students' motivation for writing increased with activity applications for obtaining data on learner autonomy skills and writing skills exercises based on learner autonomy. Writing skills of students increased with activity applications for obtaining data on learner autonomy skills and writing skills exercises based on learner autonomy.