Investigation of High School Students' Achievement Goal Orientations and Self-Efficacy in English Language Skills

This study aims to examine the relationship between high school students' achievement goal orientations and self-efficacy in English language skills to determine their levels based on various variables. The sample group consists of 526 students attending different high schools in Sivas during the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. The data collection method employed is the survey method commonly used in quantitative research. Two different scales were utilized: "Achievement Goal Orientation Scale," developed by Midgley and colleagues (1998) and adapted into Turkish by Akın (2006), comprises three subscales, and the "Self-Efficacy Scale for English Language Skills," developed by Sağlam and Arslan (2018), comprises four subscales. Descriptive and normality analyses of the data obtained were conducted using the SPSS program. The results of the analyses revealed statistically significant differences in participants' achievement goal orientations concerning gender, grade level, father's educational level, and perceived income level, as well as in their self-efficacy in English language skills based on grade level, maternal and father's educational level, and perceived income level (p