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Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh; Mahdi Rajaeenia – TESL-EJ, 2024
Language learning beliefs are considered to be an important factor influencing student learning outcomes. This mixed-methods research investigated English language learning beliefs of Iranian English language learners. Data were collected from 226 junior and senior male and female high school students using the Beliefs about Language Learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Roshandel, Javad; Ghonsooly, Behzad; Ghanizadeh, Afsaneh – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The present study explored English as a foreign language (EFL) students' motivation and self-efficacy. This is accomplished by incorporating the ten subfactors of L2 motivational self-system namely; criterion measures, ideal L2 self, ought-to L2 self, family influence, instrumentality promotion, instrumentality prevention, attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Self Efficacy, English (Second Language), Student Motivation
Zarei, Abbas Ali; Rahmani, Hanieh – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2015
The present study investigated the relationship between Iranian EFL learners' beliefs about language learning and language learning strategy use. A sample of 104 B.A and M.A Iranian EFL learners majoring in English participated in this study. Three instruments, the Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency (MTELP), Beliefs about Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Attitudes
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Zare-ee, Abbas; Fatemeh Mahdavi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
In the study reported here, we explored writing processes employed by 70 undergraduate learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) through questionnaires and think-aloud protocols. Then we looked for possible differences in the writing processes employed by high- and low-aptitude learners. We observed that learners with higher aptitude scores…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mohebi, Sanaz Ghobadi; Khodadady, Ebrahim – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
The aim of the study is to investigate beliefs students usually held about language learning, based on the Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory (BALLI) questionnaire (Horwitz, 1988). For this purpose, 423 University learners of English in Iran were selected. Running descriptive statistics and the scree plot test, five factors were extracted:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes