ERIC Number: EJ1180874
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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English Language Learners' Strategy Use and Self-Efficacy Beliefs in English Language Learning
Shi, Hong
Journal of International Students, v8 n2 p724-741 2018
This study examined self-efficacy and language strategy use of college-level English Language Learners (ELLs) at a southeastern university in the United States. It analyzed the relationship between self-efficacy and strategy use. An English Language Learning Survey was used to collect data from 198 college-level ELLs. Participants had positive self-efficacy toward their English learning and the most often used strategies were compensation, social and metacognitive strategies. Self-efficacy was positively correlated with cognitive, compensation, memory, metacognitive, and social strategy. The study suggested that teachers provide scaffolding for ELLs through strategy instruction. Teachers can teach self-regulated learning strategies and focus on ELLs' improvement and mastery of content to enhance their self-efficacy, language proficiency and learning autonomy required for their academic courses learning.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Learning Strategies, Self Efficacy, College Students, Student Surveys, Reading Comprehension, Metacognition, Memory, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Mastery Learning, Language Proficiency, Questionnaires, Scores, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
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