ERIC Number: EJ1135812
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 28
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L2 Motivation, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy: The Interrelationship of Individual Variables in the Secondary School Context
Piniel, Katalin; Csizér, Kata
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, v3 n4 p523-550 2013
Our study describes the relationship of second language learning motivation, self-efficacy, and anxiety; that is, how motivation, cognition, and affect might interact during the process of second language learning. Questionnaire data were collected from 236 Hungarian students studying at various secondary schools. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the proposed circular relationship of students' motivated learning behavior, language learning experience, self-efficacy beliefs, and both debilitating and facilitating anxiety. Our results indicate that: (a) the process of motivation is complex and influenced by other individual difference (ID) variables, and (b) the investigation of ID variables in constellations rather than in isolation seems to be more fruitful in understanding language learner differences.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Self Efficacy, Questionnaires, Schemata (Cognition), Structural Equation Models, Learning Motivation, Anxiety, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, Second Language Instruction, Correlation, English (Second Language), Goodness of Fit, Measurement, Likert Scales, Statistical Analysis
Adam Mickiewicz University Department of English Studies. Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Ul. Nowy Swiat 28-30, 62-800 Kailsz, Poland. e-mail: ssllt@amu.edu.pll; Web site: http://ssllt.amu.edu.pl/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hungary
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