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Jang, Younie; Lee, Junkyu – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
Despite awareness of the important role of motivation in second/foreign language (L2) learning, a thorough investigation into the motivational influence on the L2 writing processes and products has been neglected. In an attempt to fill this research gap, the present study explored the effects of different types of L2 self-related motivation (ideal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Processes
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Cho, Minyoung – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
Although ideal L2 self has been considered an importance source of L2 motivation, little empirical research has examined its specific properties and their motivational capacities. This study investigates how five properties of the ideal L2 self--centrality, accessibility, plausibility, vividness, and the existence of plans and strategies--predict…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Predictor Variables
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Chen, Jiangping; Zhang, Yang; Hu, Jie – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study examined the combined effects of teachers' instructional practices and students' reading-related affective engagement on predicting the high and low levels of elementary reading literacy from a linguistically and culturally comparative perspective. Data were based on 9748 students from 4 English-speaking and 3 Chinese-speaking education…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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Nevo, Einat; Vaknin-Nusbaum, Vered; Brande, Sigalit; Gambrell, Linda – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The relationships between oral reading fluency, reading motivation and reading comprehension were examined at the beginning and the end of second grade among 121 Hebrew speaking students. The contribution of oral reading fluency and three sub-factors of motivation--self-concept as a reader, value attached to reading and literacy outloud (social…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
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Cho, Minyoung – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2015
Working possible selves--currently activated images of an ideal or feared future self--have been argued to guide one's motivation and actions. This study investigated how possible selves affect L2 learners' motivational behaviors of persistence and effort as shown in essay revision and proofreading. One hundred and twelve ESL students were…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Motivation, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
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Kasperski, Ronen; Shany, Michal; Katzir, Tami – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
Social identity theory states that a person's self-concept is created from comparison with others (Walsh & Gordon, 2008). In the case of reading, oral reading is a salient feature young children have to compare themselves on to their classroom peer group. The current study was set to explore the ability of oral reading tasks such as rapid…
Descriptors: Reading Rate, Predictive Validity, Self Concept, Reading Fluency