How Much Do Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Factors Actually Impact College Student Attitudes towards English Language Learning? A Quantitative and Qualitative Study

Authors

Xin Zuo, Changchun University of Technology
Regina D. Weaver, Portland State UniversityFollow
Julia MacRae, Portland State University
Limin Wang, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaFollow

Sponsor

This research was funded by the Development Project of Jilin Province (No. 20150101014JC) and Research Project of the Education Department of Jilin Province (No. JJKH20181064SK).

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Information

ISBN

2078-2489

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Subjects

English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers

Abstract

Researchers have proposed many multidimensional frameworks to identify significant and potential factors, e.g., educational background, positive feelings and career aspirations, that impact English learning attitude in second language acquisition. Yet, there is still very little research to graphically describe the interactions between these factors and how these factors directly or indirectly impact learning attitude. To this end, a questionnaire survey was conducted in Changchun University of Technology. Statistical measures and Bayesian network analysis were introduced to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the collected data. Furthermore, the significant attitudinal differences between students majoring in the Liberal Arts or Sciences were investigated for the case study. Studying the interaction between these factors can help explain how they positively affect students’ attitudes toward English language learning. To stimulate interest, teachers may take targeted pedagogical approaches or strategies.

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© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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https://doi.org/10.3390/info10050166

DOI

10.3390/info10050166

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29288

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MDPI

Citation Details

Zuo, X., Weaver, R., MacRae, J., & Wang, L. (2019). How Much Do Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Factors Actually Impact College Student Attitudes towards English Language Learning? A Quantitative and Qualitative Study. Information, 10(5), 166.