ERIC Number: EJ1458588
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 37
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ISSN: ISSN-0125-2488
EISSN: EISSN-2287-0024
Metacognitive Learning Strategies and English Language Proficiency of EFL Undergraduate Science Students: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy
Montha Polrak; Akadet Kedcham; Charinee Chansri
PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, v69 p195-231 2024
This research aimed to study a direct positive effect of English self-efficacy on English language proficiency, a positive effect of metacognitive learning strategies on English self-efficacy, and an indirect effect of metacognitive learning strategies on English language proficiency with English self-efficacy as a mediator among 160 EFL undergraduate science students. Three research instruments were employed to collect data, namely, a questionnaire of English self-efficacy, a questionnaire of English self-regulated learning strategies, and an English exit exam. The data were analyzed by means of the structural equation model (SEM) with a second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using LISREL software. The findings confirmed a direct effect of English self-efficacy on English language proficiency, a positive effect of metacognitive learning strategies on English self-efficacy, and an indirect effect of metacognitive learning strategies on English language proficiency with English self-efficacy playing a mediator role among the participants.
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries
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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: Thailand
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