Key Variables in Language Learning: What Do Learners Believe About Them?.

Cotterall, Sara

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Publication Date: 1999

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Key Variables in Language Learning: What Do Learners Believe About Them?

Cotterall, Sara

System, v27 n4 p493-513 Dec 1999

Studied the language-learning beliefs of a group of students enrolled in an English for academic purposes course. Drew on results of an earlier study of language-learning beliefs that used factor analysis to identify six dimensions underlying learner responses to a questionnaire, and explored the relationship between each factor and autonomous language-learning behavior. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Factor Analysis, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study, Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand

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