THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTENDANCE AND ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT AT UFUK UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL

The study aimed at determining the relationship between attendance and achievement in preparatory English classes, which is a rarely studied topic in the context of foreign language learning, at Ufuk University, Turkey. It was conducted with 244 students with different majors enrolled at the English preparatory program. First, the study established the correlation between student attendance and English achievement. Additionally, the correlation between the two constructs was also investigated after controlling for the effects of gender, age and student majors. A significant positive relationship was observed between attendance and English achievement. Students with higher attendance got higher grades in the language proficiency exam than those with lower attendance rates. Moreover, gender, age and student majors were found to have no significant effect on the relationship between attendance and English exam results.