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New Wine in New Bottles? L2 Grit in Comparison to Domain-General Grit, Conscientiousness, and Cognitive Ability as a Predictor of Language Learning
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Elouise Botes; Mostafa Azari Noughabi; Seyed Mohammad Reza Amirian; Samuel Greiff – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Domain-general Grit has been criticised as being indistinguishable from Conscientiousness and as a weaker predictor than Cognitive Ability. Given the recent rise of L2 Grit literature -- a domain-specific form of Grit in language learning -- we examine whether these criticisms of general Grit are also applicable to L2 Grit. Domain-general Grit, L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Academic Persistence, Cognitive Ability, Academic Achievement
Language as a Bridge to Higher Education: A Large-Scale Empirical Study of Heritage Language Proficiency on Language Minority Students' Academic Success
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Jang, Eunjee; Brutt-Griffler, Janina – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
In a nation where monolingualism predominates, heritage language (HL) has been downplayed as less important in educational contexts in the U.S. Disproportionately little attention has been given to the role of HL in language minority (LM) students' attendance to postsecondary education (PSE) (cf. Brutt-Griffler, Janina, and Manka Varghese, eds.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Minorities, Language Role, College Students
How Do English Translation Majors Use Translation Strategies? A Survey of the Iranian EFL Context
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Asgarian, Amir; Vefali, Gülsen Musayeva – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
Translation language learning strategies, especially in relation to translation students, have not received adequate attention in the research to date. Therefore, the present study attempted to explore Iranian translation students' use of translation strategies, related beliefs, and academic achievement. It was a survey study involving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), English (Second Language)
English Immersion Schools in China: Evidence from Students and Teachers
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Cheng, Liying – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
Research has demonstrated that second language immersion is an effective means of facilitating primary school students' second language acquisition without undermining their competence in their first language. Despite the rapid growth of Chinese-English bilingual programmes in China, limited empirical research has been conducted thus far by which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
On the Predictive Validity of the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery.
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Lalonde, R. N.; Gardner, R. C. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Examines the predictive validity of the "Attitude/Motivation Test Battery" (Gardner, et al, 1979), specifically the three composite measures derived from the battery--motivation, integrativeness, and attitudes toward the learning situation. Results demonstrate that the three factors are relatively consistent predictors of second language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, French, Learning Motivation
The Relationship between Ethnolingusitic Identity and English Language Achievement for Native Russian Speakers and Native Hebrew Speakers in Israel.
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Ellinger, Bonnie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2000
Investigated the relationship among identity, affective variables, and achievement in English as a foreign language (EFL). Participants were 135 native Hebrew speakers and 53 native Russian speakers studying advanced EFL at an Israeli university. Results showed that ethnolinguistic identity was a greater predictor of achievement than any of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, English (Second Language), Ethnolinguistics