Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the learner autonomy levels and the attitudes towards online education of students who attend a preparatory school at a public university in Turkey. In this study, single and relational survey designs which are among the quantitative research designs were adopted as the design of the research. 135 students who attend the preparatory school at a government university during 2021-2022 education year were reached out in order to collect the data of the research. One of the data collection tools is “learner autonomy questionnaire” which consists of 33 questions. The other data collection tool is the questionnaire for the “attitudes toward online education” which consists of 35 questions. The data gathered were analyzed through SPSS package program. As the results of the study, the autonomy level of the English preparatory university students was found out to be medium. While learner autonomy level of the students showed differences in terms of the preparatory program (must or selective) and hours spent studying in a week, it showed no differences in terms of gender, faculty, English level, and numbers of books read in a month. Moreover, the level the attitudes of the English preparatory university students toward online education is low. In addition, attitudes of students toward online education showed no differences in terms of gender, level, preparation program (must or selective), hours spent studying in a week, numbers of books read in a month, and department. Lastly, the results of the study showed that there is a meaningful but low relationship in the positive way between the learner autonomy level of the English preparatory university students and their attitudes towards online education.