ERIC Number: EJ1143862
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Assessing Learner Satisfaction by Simultaneously Measuring Learner Attitude, Motivation, Loyalty and Service Quality in English Academies
Huong, Vu Thi; Casadesus, Marti; Marimon, Frederic
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, v54 n4 p301-312 2017
The aims of this study are threefold in their approach to English academy teaching: (i) to assess learner satisfaction, (ii) to assess the impact of satisfaction on loyalty and (iii) to assess the three constructs that we considered to be the antecedents of learner satisfaction: learner motivation, learner attitude and service quality. To collect the data, a questionnaire was developed and delivered to 334 English learners in Spain in 2014. We concluded from these results that learner satisfaction is directly influenced by service quality; whereas learner motivation and learner attitude have no significant impact on learner satisfaction. Moreover, learner satisfaction has a strong impact on learner loyalty. The results also indicated that intrinsic motivation has a direct positive correlation with learner attitude and service quality, whilst extrinsic motivation has an insignificant relationship with learner attitude and a negative relationship with service quality. Amongst the four dimensions used to measure service quality two factors--namely teachers and tangibles (materials, equipment and facilities)--are the most important.
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Student Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Educational Quality, Questionnaires, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs, Influences, Hypothesis Testing, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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