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- Title
Investigating How English Language Learners Feel during their Research Project with the Framework of Kuhlthau's ISP.
- Authors
Sung Un Kim
- Abstract
As part of a larger study about the information-seeking process of English language learners (ELLs), this article reports on affective states of ELL students during their research project with the framework of Kuhlthau's Information Search Process (ISP). Forty-eight ELL students from three classes of a high school in the United States participated in the study. Data were collected through a demographic questionnaire and process surveys. The results indicate that ELL students, as a whole group, became significantly more relieved and satisfied and less frustrated and confused as they progressed in the research project. When three different ELL level groups were compared, only the intermediate group showed significant increases in positive feelings, particularly in relief and satisfaction. In addition, students who received systematic interventions during the research process showed less confusion in the initiation stage than those who had few interventions. When the research topic was about students' life decision, their personal lives and situation influenced their feelings during the research project.
- Subjects
LIMITED English-proficient students; MINORITY students; ENGLISH as a foreign language; INFORMATION-seeking behavior; HUMAN behavior
- Publication
School Libraries Worldwide, 2015, Vol 21, Issue 2, p85
- ISSN
1023-9391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29173/slw6896