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Influence of Learner Beliefs and Gender on the Motivating Power of L2 Selves
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Yashima, Tomoko; Nishida, Rieko; Mizumoto, Atsushi – Modern Language Journal, 2017
This study investigates 3 unexplored issues regarding Second Language (L2) Motivational Self System theory. It further validates the theory using multiple structural equation modeling (SEM) along with a procedure comparing the strength of corresponding paths. Japanese university freshmen (N = 2,631) responded to a questionnaire and took the…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Structural Equation Models, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
The Relationship between Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge
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Zhang, Xian; Lu, Xiaofei – Modern Language Journal, 2015
This study investigated the relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary breadth and depth knowledge. One hundred and fifty first-year university students in China took the Vocabulary Levels Test, a meaning recall task, and the Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge Test. The first two tests were used to elicit two types of vocabulary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, College Freshmen, Language Tests
Attitudes of Entering University Freshmen toward Foreign Language Study: A Descriptive Analysis.
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Roberts, Linda Pavian – Modern Language Journal, 1992
Examines attitudes of first-year Michigan State University students about the importance of foreign language (FL) study, focusing on possible differences according to measured abilities to use the English language, amount of success in previous high school FL study, sex, racial/ethnic heritage, major, and anticipated college-level FL study. (LB)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Language Aptitude