Qualitative data for examining fixed and incremental concepts of language learning
A search for the stories behind students’ motivation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21240509 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura V Fielden-Burns (0000-0002-6283-7610, Universidad de Extremadura), Laura V Fielden Burns, Mercedes Rico García (Universidad de Extremadura) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2301-9468 • E-ISSN: 2502-6747 |
| Publisher | Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17509/ijal.v8i1.11471 |
| OpenAlex | W2808510878 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Although quantitative tools are often employed to examine students’ beliefs in language learning, qualitative interviews can offer further depth and insight on these beliefs, by shedding light on the detail of the experiences behind student perceptions. This is important to understanding student motivation in the language classroom, since beliefs form one of the important pillars behind motivation and language learning goals. The present study analyzed beliefs for 8 students in English for Hospitality vocational courses (2 male and 6 female from 25 to 43 years of age) in one-to-one, narrative interviews, looking both to the content of what students chose to share and the form in which they expressed themselves. This population is particularly interesting given that other studies in vocational studies indicate a lack of study persistence due to problems in motivation. Utilizing this qualitative, open-ended approach allowed the authors to more specifically examine how students conceive language learning when understood as a story of their experience with languages. The rich descriptions that emerge from this methodology have been imported for future curriculum planning, as they describe in more detail students’ tendencies to categorize language learning as something passive or active, as an object or as a process, which should be taken into account in course planning to optimize study persistence
Categorization · Curriculum · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Narrative · Pedagogy · Perception · Population · Qualitative research · Sociology · Vocational education · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Constructing Questions for Interviews and Questionnaires
Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of Effective Foreign Language Teaching
Context and Method in Qualitative Research
Cultural and situational influences on foreign language learners' beliefs about language learning
Introduction to Beliefs about SLA revisited
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |