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Partits
&icludedbothEFLstudentsandteaapubliiversityiherewere419non-English-majorstudentpartits(162maleand257female)whoenrolledinaBasiglishLevel2course.Thesestudentsfiveschools(i.e.,BusinessAdministration,AgandFinanidDevelopmentStudies,EiationSystems,andPolitiics).Theirbadinformatioable1.
Table1.BadInformatioits
&s’broaddiversityintermsofplaajor,andEFLlearnihelptoehegeneralisabilityofthefindioabroaderpopulatiopartitstookEnglishcoursesthatweretypicallyteatedandhad50-60studentsineachclass.Duetocrowdedclasssize,thedominantiioeacher-studeed.
&eacherpartitswereeightfemaleteacherswhotaughtEnglishtothestudentpartits.Mostofthemwereintheirearly30s,withtheyou24a42.Atthetimethedatawerecollected,theoldestteacherhadbeenteaglishfor19years,ahadbeenteagfor2years.Twoteachershadmorethaeagexperieheotherfourhad7-8yearsofteagexperiehregardtoqualifis,fiveteachershadanMA,oneursuingaPhD,andtwMAs.
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Datawereobtainedusiioeacherquestioautobiographies,studentieaterviews.Thestudeionnaireprisedbadinformation,theGeneralisedBeliefMeasure(GBM),theGeudeMeasure(GAM),andtheFuageAyScale(FLCAS).Theteacherquestionnaireincludedbadinformation,theGBM,andtheGAM.Ioimprovethevalidityofthedataandtoavoidpartits’misuandingtofullyexpresstheirviewsduetlishproficylimitations,theywererequestedtouseVieterviewsandautobiographies,aionnaireswerepresentedinanEnamesebilingualformat.
GeneralisedBeliefMeasure.TheGBM(McCroskey,2006;Mp;Rid,1989,1996)tedteneralbeliefsabouttheexistenceofFLA.This7-point,5-itemscaleedusiitialteique(seeDunn-Rankin,1983;Heise,1970).Thescalemeasuresbeliefsusing5bipolaritemsthatfothedegreetowhidividualacceptsastatemeiablebelief.Forthepurposeofthisstudy,thebeliefthatwasmeasuredwaslearningEnglishasafuagemakesmasanxious(seeAppendixS1flishversionoftheGBM).
GeudeMeasure.TheGAM(McCroskey,2006;Mp;Rid,1989,1996)tedteudestowardsFLA.Thisisa7-point,6-itemscalewithsixbipolarpairsofadjectives.LiketheGBM,theGAMedusiitialteique.Theceptthatwasmeasuredinthisstudywasfuageay(seeAppendixS2flishversionoftheGAM).
FuageAyScale.TheFLCASdevelopedbyHorwitzetal.(1986)tedtomeasurestudents’levelofahisssistsof33statementswhichassessuniapprehey,andfearofionassociatedwithFLA.Theinalscludes24positivelywordedaivelywordedstatements,withtingfrom33to165(therespohe9ivelywordeditemsarereversedandrecodedbeforegtotalsdwithlowertotalsdighigherlevelsofahisstudy,thequestionnaireuseda5-poisgingfrlydisagreetree,withhighertotalsdighigherlevelsofay(seeAppendixS3flishversionoftheFLCAS).
&yanalysesperfBM,theGAM,andtheFLCASrevealhighinternalcylevelsforthethreescales(seeTable2).
Table2.ReliabilityofS=419)
Note.GBM=GeneralisedBeliefMeasure;GAM=GeudeMeasure;FLCAS=FuageAyScale.
&EFLlearningautobiographies.SelectedpartithisstudywereaskedtowriteanautobiographyabouttheirEFLlearningexperiencesbasedonpromptsthataimedtodirectthefocusoftheirexperieheiremotionsandfeelingsinEFLclasses.ThepromptswereselectedtofacilitatestudeionsontheirEFLlearningexperienitlathelengthoftheautobiography.Thestudentswereeoprovideasmuationaspossible.
&uredihepurposeofstudentieaterviewswastoeliationabouttheirawarenessofandattitudestowardsFLA.Theinterviewswerefacetofadsemistructured,withtheiogdesignedihemaiionswereasfolloouldyoudescribeyouryourstudents’feelingsinEnglishlanguagesessions?Beforeyouwereihisstudy,hadyhtthatmasareanxiousabEFL?WhatisyouropinionaboutthedegreeofstudeEFLlearning?WhatdoyouthinkaboutthefeelingofayinEFLlearheinterviewees’respoableprobeswereusedtoelicitadditionalinformation.
Procedures
&questionnaireswereadmio10intactclassesofnon-English-majorstudents,whichwereraedfrom25classesof1,298studentsenrolledinaBasiglishLevel2course.Of434collectedquestionnaires,419couldbeused(15werediscardedbecausetheywereiudents’overallaylevelsweredeterminedbysummioallofthequestionsintheFLddividialby33(thetotalnumberofquestiohecriteriasetbyHorwitz(2008),studeifiedashighay(HA=averagesnear4andabove),mediumay(MA=averagesaround3),andloway(LA=averagesbelow3).Eightees(6HA,6MA,and6LA)wereraedforstudentinterviews,followingamaximumvariationsampliy-obiographieswerecolleanxiousstudents,followingacriticalcasesamplingscheme(seeOnwuegbuzie&s,2007).
&eacherpartitsfirstpletedtheteacherquestiohenpartiteaterviews.
DataAnalysis
Dataforthisstudyihquaa(questionnaires)andqualitativedata(iobiographies).ThestatisticalpackageSPSSwasusedtoprocessthequaa,andNVivosoftwareassistedinprogqualitativedatafollowianalysisprocedures(Bryman,2008;Tonkiss,2004).Themodeofdataiionlementary,wherebyeachdatasourddataanalysisaddresseddifferentlyframedresearchquestions(Brannen,2004,2008),butwasalsoginthatdiffereswereectedatthestageofiion(CreslanoClark,2007).
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ThefindingsabouttheexistenceofFLAattheresearchsite(ResearchQuestion1),students’aeachers’awarenessofFLA(ResearchQuestion2),as’aeachers’attitudestowardsFLA(ResearchQuestioedsequentiallyinthefollowiions.Iofacilitatetragreferehedata,thefollowingcodesareused:Int=i=autobiography;L=line.Forexample,(Lan,Int,L5)ihereferentheihLahetranscript.Allnamesarepseudonyms.
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&y-of33statementsontheFLCASweresupportedbymorethahirdofthestudeudy.Inparticular,20ofthese29statemeedbyoverhalfofthestudents(seeAppendixS3),indigthatthestudeedbyawidevarietyofFLA-relatedindioudents,68.7%(n=288)hadscoresof99orabove(i.e.,averagesabove3)andweresideredtobesufferingfromsomedegreeofahisiFLAinthispopulatios,asmeasuredbytheFLCAS,wasveryhedescriptivestatisticsfortheFLeanscoreof108.26,withtheminimumscoreof51andmaximumof163(SD=19.777).
IodevelopagehelevelofahispopulationinparisonwithotherpopulationsofuudesobtaihepreviousstudieswhichusedtheFLeasurestudents’levelsofayfrom2000onwardswereexamiable3).
Table3showsthatthemeanFLCASscoreobtaistudywashigherthanthatiudies.Basedonthisobservationonly,itersuasivetocludethispopulatioswasmostanxiousaboutstudyingEnglishparedtootherpopulationsofstudents.Infact,itwasfoundthatthedegreeofagreemeweenreviewerswaslargerwhea-analysisthanwhendoinganarrativerevie;Gambara,2006;p;Rosenthal,1980).Therefore,ameta-analysiserformedwhiparedthemeanandstaionoftheFLedistudywiththoseiudieswithparabledata.ExceptforthedataiudybyMarasandGarau(2009)aafromtheKoreastakiionKim’s(2009)study,wheretherewerenosignifitdifferend(p.05),themeanFLCASscoresforalloftheotherstudiesweresignifitlylowerthanthatinthisstudy(p
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