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What Predicts Academic Achievement in EMI Courses? Focus on Vocabulary Knowledge and Self-Perceptions of L2 Skills
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Masrai, Ahmed; El-Dakhs, Dina Abdel Salam; Yahya, Noorchaya – SAGE Open, 2022
This study examines the relationship between L2 vocabulary knowledge, self-rating of word knowledge, self-perceptions of four language skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing), and students' academic achievement. An objective measure of lexical knowledge and questionnaire on self-perception and self-rating of vocabulary knowledge were…
Descriptors: Prediction, Grade Prediction, Academic Achievement, Vocabulary
A Study of the Attitudes and Motivational Orientations of Pakistani Learners toward the Learning of English as a Second Language
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Khalid, Aamna – SAGE Open, 2016
In Pakistan where different languages co-exist, and where English has a high status as a second language (L2), the learners' attitudes toward English plays an important role in formulating effective language policies. It is essential that these policies reflect these attitudes and are in sync with the learners' orientations toward learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning