ERIC Number: EJ1199379
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1916-4742
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The Role of Learners' Attitudes toward Parental Involvement in L2 English Learning
Kim, Jung-Tae; Barrett, Rusty
English Language Teaching, v12 n1 p18-29 2019
This paper seeks to examine Korean EFL learners' perceptions of parental involvement and how their attitudes toward parental involvement are associated with the success of parental involvement. Two hundred fifty four EFL children in South Korea participated in a survey asking the degree of their parent's involvement in seven involvement types and their attitudes towards parental involvement. The results showed that while all types of parental involvement were positively correlated with English proficiency for the group of children with positive attitudes towards parental involvement, no such correlations were found for the group of children with highly negative attitudes. In addition, for the group of children with moderately negative attitudes toward parental involvement, only less direct, autonomy-supportive parental involvement was found to be related to their achievement. These results suggest that learners' attitudes toward parental involvement may be a factor that delimits the positive influence of parental involvement on EFL learners' achievement.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Parent Participation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Negative Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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