Attribution Theories in Language Learning Motivation: Success in Vocational English for Hospitality Students

Autor/inn/en	Fielden, Laura V.; Rico, Mercedes
Titel	Attribution Theories in Language Learning Motivation: Success in Vocational English for Hospitality Students
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 11 (2018) 11, S.44-54 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Attribution Theory; Vocational English (Second Language); Adult Vocational Education; Learning Motivation; Hospitality Occupations; English for Special Purposes; Student Attitudes; Emotional Response; Test Anxiety; Stress Variables; Language Attitudes; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Gastgewerbegehilfe; Schülerverhalten; Emotionales Verhalten; Examination phobia; Testangst; Prüfungsangst; Sprachverhalten; Spanien
Abstract	One of the overlooked motivational areas for VET hospitality students learning English is attribution theories, students' beliefs about why they fail or succeed. Weiner identified four basic attributions that people tend to have in achievement situations (2010; 1984): ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck, which contribute to students' motivation to study. With the aim of researching motivation in order to prevent program abandonment, which is high in Spain, this 2-phased study examined attribution theories for a group of 51 adult, English for hospitality students studying in vocational courses offered by the public employment agency in Extremadura, Spain. It found that in general students' attribution theories were mostly negative, though they strongly indicated that they could improve through effort. These results may be associated with students' perception of the instructor and course and the social, dynamic nature of students' beliefs in general as they are formulated "in situ." Suggestions are made for incorporating this possible influence into future vocational course visions for English for hospitality students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01