Using cluster analysis to uncover L2 learner differences in strategy use, will to learn, and achievement over time

Autor:	Rebecca L. Oxford, Tomohito Hiromori, Takamichi Isoda, Koyo Yamamori
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Statistical cluster Mathematics education Change patterns English as a foreign language Psychology Language and Linguistics Frequent use Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. 41
ISSN:	1613-4141 0019-042X
DOI:	10.1515/iral.2003.017
Popis:	This study describes transitions over time in the learning strategies used by Japanese seventh-grade students of English as a foreign language (EFL) in relation to the will to learn and English achievement. Based on patterns of change, 81 students were categorized by means of statistical cluster analysis, yielding four clusters (groups) with distinct characteristics. One group frequently used a wide array of learning strategies, displayed a strong will to learn, and had high English achievement. Another group was also high in the will to learn and achievement, although frequent use occurred for only selected learning strategies. The other two groups showed lower achievement in English learning. One of these two groups, despite strong willingness and frequent use of strategies, was characterized by inefficient monitoring of learning. The last group had across-the-board, negative change patterns, including decreases in strategy use, the will to learn, and achievement.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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