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Jones, Brett D.; Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; Li, Ming; Mohamed, Hanaa Ezzat; Reilly, Peter – SAGE Open, 2023
This study examined whether the five scales of the MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation Inventory produced valid scores when used in university English language courses across four different countries. We surveyed 1,147 students in English language courses in Iran, Mexico, China, and Egypt and analyzed their responses by performing measurement…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Liu, Meng – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
The present study contributes to the field of L2 motivation by exploring the link between emotional experience in language learning and motivational self from a multilingual perspective. Specifically, it evaluated the empirical support for the validity of the ideal multilingual self on simultaneous language learners in China and assessed the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sheikhbanooie, Milad; Farahian, Majid – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: Since reflectivity has a crucial role in education, it has attracted researchers' attention in the last decades. As such, the present study aimed to construct and validate a questionnaire to assess the barriers to reflective practices of Iranian ESP (English for Specific Purposes) instructors. Furthermore, this study aimed to investigate…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Kim, Jung In – English Language Teaching, 2015
The main purpose of this study is to develop and validate a valid measure of the early childhood (EC) English teacher knowledge. Through extensive literature review on second/foreign language (L2/FL) teacher knowledge, early childhood teacher knowledge and early childhood language teacher knowledge, and semi-structured interviews from current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Tragant, Elsa; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Victori, Mia – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2013
The present work aims to contribute to our understanding of the underlying dimensions of language learning strategies in foreign language contexts. The study analyzes alternative factor structures underlying a recently developed instrument (Tragant and Victori, 2012) and it includes the age factor in the examination of its construct validity. The…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Validity, Measures (Individuals), Learning Strategies
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Sahin, Cavus; Eryaman, Mustafa Yunus; Kocer, Tugba; Kocer, Omer – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2013
The main purpose of this descriptive research study is to investigate the conceptual and psychometric properties of a self-efficacy perception scale developed for determining self-efficacy perception of 3rd and 4th grade Turkish pre-service teachers, who took Turkish as a Foreign Language (TFL) course theoretically in undergraduate level, towards…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Turkish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction