Marion Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3737443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marion Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marion |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2165-0542 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Daily storytelling routines in informal house schools
Daily storytelling was introduced in four informal house schools in Cloetesville, Stellenbosch, South Africa, to examine how a simple storytelling routine could be incorporated into everyday childcare. These house schools operate in a neighbourhood where children have limited access to books, few opportunities to visit libraries, and where safety concerns often restrict movement beyond the immediate community. Within this context, house schools p…
Community based multi-disease health screening as an opportunity for early detection of HIV cases and linking them to care
Community based multi-disease health screening, such as the one undertaken in our study could be critical for identifying HIV infected persons from the community and linking them to care. In the case of HIV, it will greatly contribute to achieving the first two 95s and working towards ending AIDS by 2030
Students’ Perceptions of the Adoption and Use of Social Media in Academic Libraries
This article reports on a study for which the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) served as a theoretical framework. The purpose of the qualitative exploration was to gain an understanding of students’ perceptions of the adoption of social media, namely Facebook and Twitter, in an academic library setting. The study applied the constructs as described by the UTAUT, namely, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social i…
Multiple Perspectives on the Self in SLA
In at the Deep End
This study investigated the difficulties encountered by a group of Hong Kong Chinese learners studying in an educational environment where English was used as the first language. Although language was widely perceived as a problem for these learners, the findings of the study showed that social, cultural, and affective aspects were also a cause of problems for the learners. These aspects were often interrelated and linked to the linguistic proble…
French is the Language of Love and Stuff’
This article reports on an investigation into the motivation of secondary school students in the South‐west of England to learn foreign languages. A questionnaire was constructed based on a model derived from the motivation literature to examine students' responses on 16 constructs related to motivation. This was administered to 228 students in years 7, 8 and 9. The analysis revealed a decrease in motivation with age, and higher level of motivati…
Psychology for language teachers
Marion Williams
French is the Language of Love and Stuff’
This article reports on an investigation into the motivation of secondary school students in the South‐west of England to learn foreign languages. A questionnaire was constructed based on a model derived from the motivation literature to examine students' responses on 16 constructs related to motivation. This was administered to 228 students in years 7, 8 and 9. The analysis revealed a decrease in motivation with age, and higher level of motivati…
Multiple Perspectives on the Self in SLA
In at the Deep End
This study investigated the difficulties encountered by a group of Hong Kong Chinese learners studying in an educational environment where English was used as the first language. Although language was widely perceived as a problem for these learners, the findings of the study showed that social, cultural, and affective aspects were also a cause of problems for the learners. These aspects were often interrelated and linked to the linguistic proble…
Marion Williams
Psychology for language teachers
French is the Language of Love and Stuff’
This article reports on an investigation into the motivation of secondary school students in the South‐west of England to learn foreign languages. A questionnaire was constructed based on a model derived from the motivation literature to examine students' responses on 16 constructs related to motivation. This was administered to 228 students in years 7, 8 and 9. The analysis revealed a decrease in motivation with age, and higher level of motivati…
In at the Deep End
This study investigated the difficulties encountered by a group of Hong Kong Chinese learners studying in an educational environment where English was used as the first language. Although language was widely perceived as a problem for these learners, the findings of the study showed that social, cultural, and affective aspects were also a cause of problems for the learners. These aspects were often interrelated and linked to the linguistic proble…
Multiple Perspectives on the Self in SLA
Students’ Perceptions of the Adoption and Use of Social Media in Academic Libraries
This article reports on a study for which the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) served as a theoretical framework. The purpose of the qualitative exploration was to gain an understanding of students’ perceptions of the adoption of social media, namely Facebook and Twitter, in an academic library setting. The study applied the constructs as described by the UTAUT, namely, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social i…
Community based multi-disease health screening as an opportunity for early detection of HIV cases and linking them to care
Community based multi-disease health screening, such as the one undertaken in our study could be critical for identifying HIV infected persons from the community and linking them to care. In the case of HIV, it will greatly contribute to achieving the first two 95s and working towards ending AIDS by 2030
Daily storytelling routines in informal house schools
Daily storytelling was introduced in four informal house schools in Cloetesville, Stellenbosch, South Africa, to examine how a simple storytelling routine could be incorporated into everyday childcare. These house schools operate in a neighbourhood where children have limited access to books, few opportunities to visit libraries, and where safety concerns often restrict movement beyond the immediate community. Within this context, house schools p…
Psychology (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · 418/.007 (1 works) · Biostatistics (1 works)