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Ya Nan Wang; Hui Min Low – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The expanding use of social media has the potential to enhance the quality of English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction and learning. The purpose of this online survey-based study was to investigate the mediating effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for reading English social media text among 348 Chinese undergraduate EFL learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Xingxing Xie; Hongxi Huang – Cogent Education, 2024
While previous research has reported that reading anxiety and motivations play crucial roles in the process of reading comprehension, their roles in online settings remain understudied. This study attempted to measure the role of motivations for online reading as a mediator role between reading anxiety and online reading comprehension in a sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Anxiety, Reading
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Li Gao – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Reading is one of the crucial aspects of the learning process. The learning efficiency depends on the motivation and involvement of students. The paper aims to determine whether the developed online course enhances student motivation and engagement in contemporary American literature. For this purpose, questionnaires were used. The sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Online Courses, Learner Engagement