The Relationships among Affective Factors in Learning EFL: A Study of the Saudi Setting
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| Title: | The Relationships among Affective Factors in Learning EFL: A Study of the Saudi Setting |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Zayed, Jihan, Al-Ghamdi, Huda |
| Source: | English Language Teaching. 2019 12(9):105-121. |
| Availability: | Canadian Center of Science and Education. 1120 Finch Avenue West Suite 701-309, Toronto, OH M3J 3H7, Canada. Tel: 416-642-2606; Fax: 416-642-2608; e-mail: elt@ccsenet.org; Web site: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Correlation, Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Self Esteem, Student Attitudes, Learning Processes, Learning Motivation, College Students, Universities |
| Geographic Terms: | Saudi Arabia |
| ISSN: | 1916-4742 |
| Abstract: | Adopting a mixed-method design, the current study attempted to specify the relationships among four affective factors (i.e., motivation, attitudes, self-confidence, and anxiety) involved in learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Seventy-three students -- from Administration and Humanities College, Mustaqbal University and Jubail University College, KSA -- responded to a questionnaire of two parts: Part I and Part II, which yielded quantitative data. Qualitative data were generated through the analysis of Part I results to prove that there was no relationship between Saudi students' EFL proficiency and their awareness of the affective factors involved in learning it. Findings of Part II confirmed the interrelatedness among the four affective factors in the learning process in general, except for self-confidence did not significantly correlate with anxiety; the former got the highest mean (48.79) while the latter got the lowest (34.93). Calculating Standard Multiple Regression for the four affective factors, the study concluded giving four arithmetic equations of the predictive relationships among these factors. In the Saudi setting, the current study confirmed that anxiety does not affect learners with high motivation and good attitudes to a great extent. Besides, it does not affect self-confident learners at all. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1227015 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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