ERIC Number: EJ1283370
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 15
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Examining the Roles of Aptitude, Motivation, Strategy Use, Language Processing Experience, and Gender in the Development of the Breadth and Depth of EFL Learners' Vocabulary Knowledge
SAGE Open, v10 n4 Oct-Dec 2020
This study examined the simultaneous effects of L2 individual difference (ID) variables (aptitude, motivation, strategy use, language processing experience, and gender) on English as a foreign language (EFL) breadth and depth of L2 vocabulary knowledge of 492 Korean university-level learners. Independent variable measures included the: (1) Korean version of the Modern Language Aptitude Test; (2) L2 Attitude/Motivation Battery; (3) L2 Vocabulary Learning Strategies Survey; and (4) L2 Language Processing Experience Survey. The dependent variables (i.e., vocabulary breadth and depth) were assessed via the Vocabulary Levels Test and Word Associates Test, respectively. Employing multigroup structural equation modeling (SEM), results revealed positive significant effects of: (1) aptitude on vocabulary breadth and depth; (2) motivation on strategy use; and (3) motivation on both dependent variables, however mediated by a significant direct effect of language processing experience on the dependent variables. There were no effects obtained for L2 strategy use nor for participant gender in the model.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Structural Equation Models, Vocabulary Development, Language Tests, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation, Associative Learning, Gender Differences, Individual Differences, Language Processing, Language Aptitude, College Students, Aptitude Tests, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Prior Learning, Correlation
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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: South Korea (Seoul)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Modern Language Aptitude Test
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