Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Goal Orientation, Willingness to Communicate, Self-Efficacy, and Learning Strategy Use as Predictors of Second Language Achievement: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Autor/inn/en	Karbakhsh, Rahime; Ahmadi Safa, Mohammad
Titel	Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Goal Orientation, Willingness to Communicate, Self-Efficacy, and Learning Strategy Use as Predictors of Second Language Achievement: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 49 (2020) 5, S.803-822 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ahmadi Safa, Mohammad)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-020-09714-7
Schlagwörter	Individual Needs; Need Gratification; Goal Orientation; Communication (Thought Transfer); Self Efficacy; Learning Strategies; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Academic Achievement; Structural Equation Models; Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bedürfnisbefriedigung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schulleistung; Ausland
Abstract	The study of the complex impact of the cognitive and psychological factors' interplay in learning process has for long obsessed educational researchers. In an attempt to partially address the issue, the present study investigates the direct and indirect interrelationship among Iranian EFL learners' basic psychological needs satisfaction, goal-orientation, willingness to communicate, learning strategy use, self-efficacy and second language achievement through a path analytic research design. To this end, 506 Iranian undergraduate English students took the related questionnaires and based on the collected data, a hypothesized model of interrelationship among variables was tested using AMOS statistical package. According to the final path analytic tested model, L2 achievement was predicted by goal orientation, self-efficacy, and learning strategy use. Moreover, while basic psychological needs satisfaction did not directly predict L2 achievement, it was indirectly associated with L2 achievement through goal orientation. The findings imply that the teachers need to first identify the most relevant individual sources of performance variation in their context and next design procedures to maximally cope with inhibitive psychological or cognitive factors which associate with their learners' rate and route of learning. Moreover, language learners need to be more oriented towards setting their future goals, believing in their capabilities, and use more learning strategies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01