Exploring Young EFL Learners' Motivation: Individual versus Pair Work on Dictogloss Tasks

Autor/inn/en	Kopinska, Marta; Azkarai, Agurtzane
Titel	Exploring Young EFL Learners' Motivation: Individual versus Pair Work on Dictogloss Tasks
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 10 (2020) 3, S.607-630 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kopinska, Marta) ORCID (Azkarai, Agurtzane)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2083-5205
Schlagwörter	Learning Motivation; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Task Analysis; Cooperative Learning; Anxiety; Elementary School Students; Grade 6; Student Attitudes; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Aufgabenanalyse; Kooperatives Lernen; Angst; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Schülerverhalten; Spanien
Abstract	Motivation has been widely considered one of the most influential variables in the field of second language learning. Motivation may vary throughout the years, even within the duration of a single language class, and this might occur due to different factors, such as the choice of tasks or the activity type (i.e., collaborative or individual). These two factors have not been investigated in depth with young learners in foreign language settings, and from a task-based perspective. Thus, this paper addresses this gap, and explores the potential changes in motivation of 64 Spanish young learners of English as a foreign language who worked on a number of dictogloss tasks in pairs and individually over the span of a school year. Data was collected several times by means of different tools that measured students' general and more specific task motivation, as well as their attitudes towards individual/pair work. The findings revealed that, overall, these children's motivation was high and consolidated with time, while their level of anxiety decreased. Their attitudes towards the dictogloss were positive from the beginning to the end of the school year, and more so when they carried out the task in pairs. These findings support the benefits of collaborative work, and the dictogloss, as an appropriate task that engages children in their learning of a foreign language. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adam Mickiewicz University Department of English Studies. Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Ul. Nowy Swiat 28-30, 62-800 Kailsz, Poland. e-mail: ssllt@amu.edu.pll; Web site: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01