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- Title
TRACKING THE STABILITY AND CHANGE OF VOLITION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
- Authors
WEN-TA TSENG
- Abstract
The aim in this study was to examine the role of self-regulation as volition in English vocabulary learning on EFL learners. A discussion of diverse theories of self-regulation showed that volition appeared to be the core element of the construct of self-regulation. Nevertheless, it was noted that the view of volition as aptitude in vocabulary learning had not yet been empirically tested, thus in this study a 10-month prospective longitudinal design was adopted to collect data at several different time points. A First-Order Autoregressive Model and a Latent Growth Curve Model were formulated respectively to track the stability and change of volition. Results showed that the latter had better fit than the former.
- Subjects
SELF-management (Psychology); WILL; ENGLISH language education; VOCABULARY; MODEL-based reasoning; AUTOREGRESSION (Statistics); SECOND language acquisition; ABILITY testing; SELF-managed learning (Personnel management)
- Publication
Social Behavior & Personality: an international journal, 2009, Vol 37, Issue 10, p1405
- ISSN
0301-2212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2224/sbp.2009.37.10.1405