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What Happens in English Class Doesn’t Stay in English Class: How College Writers Remember, Story, and Inhabit the Past in the Present
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Energy Conservation Theory for Second Language Acquisition (Ect-l2a): A Partial Validation of Kinetic Energy– Aptitude and Motivation
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While language aptitude and motivation are considered to be important contributors to second language (L2) attainment, two major gaps in the past research have been (1) a lack of nonlinear models stemming from a naïve and tacit assumption that learning outcomes are linearly related to their predictors, and (2) a lack of unified and integrative understanding of key individual differences (ID) variables (Dewaele, 2009; Larsen-Freeman, 1997). Despite changes in conceptualization of language development as a dynamic system comprised of nonlinear and interconnected subsystems (e.g., CDST), an integrative understanding of ID variables in L2 acquisition remains lacking. The purpose of this dissertation study was to examine motivation and aptitude and their relationship to second language acquisition. Specifically, the study set out to validate a number of theoretical claims made by energy conservation theory for second language acquisition (ECT-L2A) and its attempt to unify key ID variables under one model (Han et al., 2017a). ECT-L2A predicts, inter alia, that aptitude and motivation are positively related to L2 achievement but their effects diminish with increase in proficiency. This is visually represented as a nonlinear and asymptotic L2 learning trajectory vis-à-vis aptitude and motivation. In the current study, two hundred and three adult Spanish-speaking learners of L2 English (N=203) of wide range of proficiency were measured on their level of aptitude (LLAMA_F), motivation (Attitude Motivation Test Battery) and attainment (grammaticality judgment test). The data were analyzed using correlations (PPMC, partial, dis-attenuated), R-squared measures, and fitted with orthogonal distance regression via total least-squares method. The results of correlation analyses and regression showed that as predicted, aptitude contributed positively towards attainment, but its effect diminished with increase in proficiency. On the other hand, while all participants were motivated to learn, motivation decreased with increases in attainment throughout L2 development. Motivation’s effect on achievement became asymptotic and its contribution towards target language (TL) mastery diminished. When aptitude and motivation were combined as a single unit, the learning trajectory closely resembled the curve predicted by ECT-L2A. Based on these findings, two general interpretations concerning motivation and aptitude were presented: 1) changes in motivation and aptitude with respect to attainment and 2) their differential efficacy towards native-like proficiency during L2 development. Finally, implications regarding the universality and the versatility of ECT-L2A are discussed under the broader call for more mathematical models in future SLA research.
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English language--Study and teaching--Spanish speakers; Motivation in adult education; Second language acquisition--Methodology; Second language acquisition--Psychological aspects
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URL: https://doi.org/10.7916/haxp-jb44
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Evaluating multimodal literacy: Academic and professional interactions around student-produced instructional video tutorials
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In: ISSN: 0346-251X ; System ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03521668 ; System, Elsevier, 2022, 105, pp.102727. ⟨10.1016/j.system.2022.102727⟩ (2022)
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КОМПЕТЕНЦИЯ В ОБЛАСТИ ПРЕПОДАВАНИЯ АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА И МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ ... : COMPETENCE IN TEACHING ENGLISH AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ...
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The dynamics of foreign language values in Sweden: a social history ; Dinamika vrednot tujih jezikov na Švedskem: socialna zgodovina
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In: CEPS Journal 12 (2022) 1, S. 125-146 (2022)
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Factors Influencing Students' Willingness to Communicate in Korean Elementary School EFL Classrooms
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In: Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research (2022)
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Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!
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In: PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources (2022)
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The Disparate Impacts of Boko Haram Insurgency and Banditry on Teaching of English in Northern Nigeria ...
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The Disparate Impacts of Boko Haram Insurgency and Banditry on Teaching of English in Northern Nigeria ...
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A Trend Analysis of Research on the Flipped Classroom in L2 Learning before and after COVID-19
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In: Proceedings; Volume 80; Issue 1; Pages: 3 (2022)
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Accuracy and Fluency Teaching and the Role of Extramural English: A Tale of Three Countries
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In: Languages; Volume 7; Issue 1; Pages: 35 (2022)
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Supporting English Language Learners: Preparing Content Area Teachers to Promote Academic Achievement among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learner Populations.
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In: Culminating Experience Projects (2022)
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English is Not Dead! Long Live English: Teaching the Evolution of English and Inclusive Communication Via Online, Face to Face or Hybrid Instruction
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In: Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy (2022)
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Teachers' Perceptions of Cultural Contents in English Language Textbooks Used in Multicultural Classrooms at a Thai Primary School
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In: ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies ; 14 ; 2 ; 227-241 ; Multicultural Lingual and Multicultural Education (2022)
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