ERIC Number: EJ1237934
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1543-4303
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Motivational Factors in Computer-Administered Integrated Skills Tasks: A Study of Young Learners
Kormos, Judit; Brunfaut, Tineke; Michel, Marije
Language Assessment Quarterly, v17 n1 p43-59 2020
Previous studies examined the association between motivational characteristics and language learning achievement, but considerably less is known about young language learners' task-specific motivation in assessment contexts. Our study investigated the task motivation of young learners of English when completing computer-administered integrated test tasks, and the relationship between task performance and test task motivation. Hundred and four learners aged between 11 and 15 years completed three computer-administered assessment tasks: a Listen-Write task, which required a summary of a listening text, and two Listen-Speak tasks, in which learners had to retell a listening text with academic and non-academic content, respectively. Participants also filled in a task-motivation questionnaire, containing items on appraisals of task difficulty, task-related emotions and anxiety, effort and subjective competence. The results indicated that the young learners held positive views on the integrated assessment tasks. Nevertheless, they found the Listen-Speak tasks significantly more difficult, more anxiety-provoking and less enjoyable than the Listen-Write task and they judged their competence to be lower than in the Listen-Write task. Task-motivational factors accounted for a low level of variation in task performance. These findings have important implications for the design and use of computer-administered integrated tasks in assessing young L2 learners.
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, FLES, Test Items, Listening, Writing (Composition), Speech, Language Tests, Difficulty Level, Student Attitudes, Anxiety, Competence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hungary (Budapest)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of English as a Foreign Language
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