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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Blackie, Rebecca A. – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
The present study examines the relative ability of variables from three motivational frameworks to predict four non-linguistic outcomes of language learning. The study examines Action Control Theory with its measures of (1) hesitation, (2) volatility and (3) rumination. The study also examined Pintrich's expectancy-value model that uses measures…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Doucette, Jesslyn – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2010
Being willing to communicate is part of becoming fluent in a second language, which often is the ultimate goal of L2 learners. Julius Kuhl's theory of action control is introduced as an expansion of the conceptual framework for the study of Willingness to Communicate. Kuhl proposed three key concepts, preoccupation, volatility, and hesitation,…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Path Analysis, Self Efficacy, Models