An Experiential Learning Project at Tertiary Level EFL Context
This study aims to find out whether English focused extracurricular activities carried out within Experiential Learning Center (XL Center) at an English-medium private university in Turkey have a significant effect on student motivation. Extracurricular activities organized by volunteering students and instructors working for XL Center include various workshops in a wide range of areas from painting to gender studies, a number of social responsibility projects, reading clubs, movie sessions and also concerts, plays, board and field games, charity sales, and student presentation of these activities at the English language festival at the end of the semester. This study was designed as a qualitative study in which participants who were selected with convenience sampling were interviewed and the data collected were analyzed with comments and conclusions to contribute to the EFL literature mostly dealing with curriculum.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Learning center, experiential learning, extracurricular activities, ECAs, motivation
An Experiential Learning Project at Tertiary Level EFL Context
This study aims to find out whether English focused extracurricular activities carried out within Experiential Learning Center (XL Center) at an English-medium private university in Turkey have a significant effect on student motivation. Extracurricular activities organized by volunteering students and instructors working for XL Center include various workshops in a wide range of areas from painting to gender studies, a number of social responsibility projects, reading clubs, movie sessions and also concerts, plays, board and field games, charity sales, and student presentation of these activities at the English language festival at the end of the semester. This study was designed as a qualitative study in which participants who were selected with convenience sampling were interviewed and the data collected were analyzed with comments and conclusions to contribute to the EFL literature mostly dealing with curriculum.
Keywords: Learning center, experiential learning, extracurricular activities, ECAs, motivation