The effect of language proficiency on approaches to learning and satisfaction of undergraduate accounting students
| Autor: | Barry J. Cooper, Belete J. Bobe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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business.industry
05 social sciences 050301 education Educational psychology Accounting 050201 accounting English language Accounting education Proxy (climate) Education Cultural diversity 0502 economics and business English second language Mathematics education Survey data collection Language proficiency business Psychology 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Accounting Education. 28:149-171 |
| ISSN: | 1468-4489 0963-9284 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09639284.2017.1396481 |
| Popis: | Employing the approaches to learning theoretical framework, this study examines the effects of language proficiency on overall student satisfaction with a unit of study mediated by approaches to learning accounting. Survey data was gathered from undergraduate second year accounting students from an Australian and an Ethiopian universities using the Biggs, Kember, and Leung [(2001). The revised two-factor study process questionnaire: R-SPQ-2F. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 71(1), 133–149] Revised Two-Factor Study Process Questionnaire. Language proficiency of the students was measured using English language background as a proxy. The results confirm previous studies that students who have relatively high (low) English language proficiency are likely to adopt a deep (surface) approach to learning compared to their counterparts; and also that high (low) language proficiency is associated with more (less) overall satisfaction with a unit of study. In some cases, a surface approach might b... |
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