ERIC Number: EJ1127986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Apr
Pages: 20
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How Setting Goals Enhances Learners' Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Listening Comprehension
Ballesteros Muñoz, Liliana; Tutistar Jojoa, Silvana
HOW, v21 n1 p42-61 Apr 2014
This article outlines a study that explores the relationship between SMART goal setting (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-based) and learning English in Colombia concerning a foreign language learners' self-efficacy beliefs in listening. The participants were seventh and ninth grade students of two schools in Bogotá, Colombia. The results revealed that self-efficacy was highly positive when related to goal setting as students were able to set SMART goals to improve their listening comprehension and learners showed improvement in self-efficacy beliefs and felt more motivated while completing listening tasks related to songs. Furthermore this study shows that goal setting training can be incorporated successfully into the English as a foreign language classroom.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Beliefs, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grade 7, Grade 9, Teaching Methods, Mixed Methods Research, Intervention, Instructional Design, Pretests Posttests, Achievement Gains, Foreign Countries
ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Tests/Questionnaires; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Grade 9; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia (Bogota)
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