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Table4。ClassifiofAttitudeGroupsBasedonGAMScores
Note。GAM=GeudeMeasure。
Inmyopinioyisive。Ifwefeelaudyhardertoovereit,itispositive。However,almostallayocesmakeusfeelboredwithstudyingEnglish,andwanttoabandonEnglish,becewehave,nomotivatiostudywell。(Dao,Aut,L40-43)
Similarly,Quansharedhisview:“InmyopiniostudyingEnglishhastwosides,bothbenefidharmful;however,thebad,harmfulsidedominates”(Quan,Aut,L44-45)。Tuyetaffirmedherunfavourableattitudetlish:“Despitebeiudentsyablishistheoalsoformas”(Tuyet,MA,Aut,L35-36)。
Thirty-fourstudeohaveamixedattitudetowardsFLAwhentheyemphasisedbothitsfagais。Forexample,aymadelearningEnglishmorediffidstressfulf,butitalsomadehimfocusmoreonstudying:
Iime,itwasthealishthatpushedmetofostudyingmaiisdifferentfromordinarydays,whenIhavenoanxiousfeeliudyEnglish。(Long,Int,L65-67)
Takingitmenerally,edaymadelearningmoredifficult,buttheyalsosupposedthatifstudentsdidnotfeelanxiousatall,theymightthinktheyweregoodenoughatEnglishanddidudy,thusmakinghatayimpliedstudestudies,whereasforthosewhodidnotfeelanxiousitmightmeantheyhadabandonedEFLlearning。Infact,itcouldbedeterminedfromDugofhisaDuotfeelhighlyanxiousbecausehedidnotcaremuchaboutEFLlearning:“IdoudyingEnglish,soImaiocopewithexams。Mytargetistopasstheexamsonly,Idomutheresults,thereforeIdonotfeelveryanxious”(Duc,Aut,L5-8)。ThisvieortedbyTrong,whoassumedthatoedtostudyseriously,theywouldunavoidablyexperienypressuresandthat,“isuccess,itseemsthatwehavetoenduresiderablepressures”(Trong,Aut,L38-39,59)。
FourstudeobemorepositivetowardsFLAbecausetheyemphasisedthepositiveativeeffectsofFLA。Agtothesestudents,FLAwasnotharmful,butbenefibecauseitmotivatedthemtostudyharder。NotthepositiveeffectsofFLAoheyalsopoihatayhadapositiveimpaeverystudent。ThisviewwasrefleThanh’sresponse:
Int:Inyouropinion,howdoesEFLAaffets?
ThastudyingEnglishhasverygoodimpastudents。Particularly,studeospeudying,enriowledgeonEnglish;activelypractiselistening,speaking,reading,writingskills,etc。Thesewillhelpstudentsenhanglishprofiordertouseioapplyinfuturejobs。。。。Inmyanxiousfeelingoe,ithasgoodeffeystudyresult,becausetheaymakesmereisethatIhavetotrytostudymoreiosupplementtheknowledgeIlack。
(Thanh,Int,L58-64,81-83)
Althoughthesefourstudentsdidhedetrimescausedbyhighlevelsofaheyfothefagsideofafortstoimprlishproficy,whichwas,fromtheirpointofview,nedimportaure。Forexample,Trungexplained:
MyayorytostudyEnglishmore,notgmetoudyingEhinkEnglishisveryneyfuturewhenIgraduateandapplyforjobs。AndwithoutEnglishproficy,opportunitiesforfurtherstudiesforprofessioarefarfromfeasible。(Trung,Aut,L45-49)
TrungwasstroheroleofEnglishforhisfuture,thereforeayplayedtherhimtopaymoreattentiontohisEFLlearning。
Insummary,theanalysisofthestudentGAMfoundvariabilityis’attitudestowardsFLA。Detailedanalysisofthestuderansdautobiographieselaboratedonthisfinding,indigthatalmostallofthestudentssideredalevelofFLAtobenatural,andtheyaowledgedboththegoodandthebadaspectsofFLA。However,thestudeheirjudgmentsonrevailedandhlyoneprevailedovertheother。Specifically,whereas52。7%hadexplicitattitudes(maiowardsFLA,47。3%hadamixedattitudetowardsit。
Teachers’attitudestowardsFLA。Theanalysisofteachers’attitudestowardsFLAwasbasedoafromeightteaterviets。RelevaiooashoerceivedthenatureofFLAaheyhadapativeviewaboutit。
Agtoalloftheteaxietywasahatwasiiudentintheirfuagelearning。Forexample,Baaywasaiosfounditdifficulttoadaptteorcourserequirements,aed:“Thatstudentshaveanxiousfeeliural。Approaewtextbooksdifferentfromthoseathighsewteaewordifferentteagmethods,etc。,allthesefactorsxietymoreorlesstostudents”(t,L21-25)。RegardlessofthereasoudeheseteacherspostulatedthataalevelwasnaturalinEFLlearning。
WheheirfeelingstowardsFLA,theseteachersemphasisedboththefagaisofFLA。Forexample,Quesaid:
TosomeexteEnglishlanguagelearivewheslosetheiriahusiasminlearningEnglish。However,somestudentstheirEnglishprofithatfirstaheyknowwhatleveltheyareinauage。(Que,Int,L33-36)
&ressedthatacausebothpositiveaiveeffects。Similarly,Baed,“Ayeitherbeamotivationtopushstudentstotrymoreorcreatemorepressuretostudentsinlearning”(Bang,Int,L34-35)。AlthoughtheseteacherswereFLA,pergthatitmightcausedetrimeudentsiftheirdegreeofaywashigh,theyalsobelievedaycouldbeasigstudies:“Tosomeextent,itisgoodbecausetheyatleastcareablishlanguagelearhanignit”(Uyen,Int,L17-18)。
Agtotheseteachers,ifstudentsdidnotfeelanxiousatall,itwaslikelythattheydidEFLlearning。Forthem,thosestudentswhodidnotwanttostudyEobeanxiousatall,whereasthosewhofeltanxiousandsoughthelpfromteacherswerelikelytobeseriousab。ThisviewwasrefleVy’srespoudentsareseriousabafuageasimportahedegreeofayishigherthanlazyones”(Vy,Int,L13-14)。Giveanglish,studentsweresupposedtobeseriousinlearningEnglish。Inthisseywasfavoured。Forieoftensionisnecessary,especiallyfornot-very-hard-wstudents”(,L36-37)。
Assuch,alloftheteasideredFLAtobebothfagaingdependingoherewasodetermiheyjudgedeierviewsiheteachershadamixedattitudetoressingbothpositiveaiveentsaboutit。
PLIS
ThisstudyexploredtheexistenceofFLAinamesenon-EnglishmajorstudentsandsoughtahequestionsaboutwhetherEFLstudentsahekeystakeholdersintheEFLlearningandteagprocess,wereawareoftheexistenceofFLAasaphenomenoninEFLlearniheyhadapativeviewofit。Severalsbedrawnfromthefindingsofthisstudy。
First,theresultsobtaiheFLCASshoopulatioshadahighlevelofaEFLlearning。Itwasevehanmaionsthathadpreviouslybeenstudied。Basedonthisfinding,FLAwasshowasaphenomenoninEFLlearninamasauageayresearch。
Sed,giveaedtoFLAreseartheliteratureandthehighlevelofFLAinthispopulatiosandteacherswereexpectedtobeawareoftheexistenceofFLA。TheresultsobtaiheGBMihestudeedlearningEFLmademasfeelanxious。Thatis,theywereawareoftheexistenceofFLAaasaphenomenoninEFLlearning,notjustpartoftheirletolearnafuage。Thisfindingwasobtainedfrom419studentsofdifferentmajors,fromvariousplacesin,andwithdifferentstartingpointsintimeflish,thushavingreasonablegeneralisability。Thisresultwasalsocorrobhtheanalysisof18studeranscripts,whicluded6HA,6MA,and6LAstudents。Thisprovariationsamplioassumethefindingswerereasonablystable(D?ornyei,2007)。TheanalysisofthestuderanscriptsrevealsthatalmostallofthestudentsbelievedFLAexistedinalargeudents。MostofthemsideredFLAasaseriousproblemthatobemahiswasaligheactualsituationofFLAasideheFLCASmeasure。However,thereseemedtobeamismatstudents’andteachers’persofthespreadayofFLA。ThestudeosiderFLAtobemoreseriousthaeachersdid。BasedontheanalysisoftheteacherGBMaranscripts,mostoftheteacherswereawareoftheexistenceofFLA,buttheysideredittoexistinonlyasmalludents。MostoftheteachersdidnotsiderFLAasaseriousproblem;theythereforehadakenitintoatheirteag。Thedisthestudents’andteachers’beliefsaboutFLAandthefindingabouttheexistenceofFLAobtaiheFLCASsuggestthattheseteaderestimatedtheimportahisissue。
Third,theaudents’audestowardsFLAfouadegreeofFLAwasnaturalforstudentslearhisisinacewiththepositionthatayis“partofourexistence”(Bigdeli&Bai,2009,p。108)andthatfuagelearningis“rarelywithoutayofsomekind”(Jones,2004,p。30)。However,theteadedtohaveamorepositiveattitudetowardsFLAthas。WhereasnearlyhalfofthestudentsexpressedalyunfavourableattitudetowardsFLA,alleightteachersexpressedamixedattitudetowardsit;thatis,theyteosiderFLAtobebothgoodandbadforstudentswithoutemphasisireme。Althoughtheteachers’viewwasnotnecessarilywrong,beearlyhalfofthestudentsstillemphasisedthedebilitatingsideofFLAoveritsfagside,theseteachersdidouhefullimpactofFLAoispossiblethatFLAhasbothpositiveaiveeffelearning,butgiventhatnearlyhalfofthestudentsstillhadaiveviewofFLA,thisimpliesthatthelevelofFLAwasstillbeyorol,thusgmativethas。
PedagogicalImplis
&hesefindings,thisstudysuggeststhattheprevalehathasbeeediuredoesnotguarafuagestudentsandteachersareawareofit。BecauseteachersplayasupportiveandguidihefuageteadlearheyshouldpaymoreattentioaenceofFLAisaheirkFLA。Inplanningcurriculum,teaorerespoudeiesandneeds。Beingmorerespoeachersbothuheirstudeosupportstudentsinmaythroughdesigningappropriatelearningactivities。Bydoingso,teacherswouldbeabletobuildasupportivelearninge,whichisbelievedtoreduxietylevels(p;Dereshiwsky,2001;Ewald,2ersen&Horwitz,2002;Tallon,2009;VonW?orde,2003)aearichtheirteagexperieooptimisetheirrole。
LimitationsandImplisforFutureResearch
ThisstudyfoundahighlevelofFLAamopopulatiohefaadethesestudentsfeelsoanxiousaboutEFLlearobeuherthesefactorsarerelatedt,performauralfeaturesshouldalsobeuherreseareedstobedooors。Inaddition,sofartherehasbeenlimitedresearFLAi;therefore,wedonotknowiftheunusuallyhighlevelofFLAfoundinthisstudyistypiesestudents。MoreresearFLAwithstudentsofdifferentmajorsshouldbeusefulingthisquestion。
TheawarenessofFLAamoudentsahestudywasexamiheirperceivedexistenceofFLAoudentsandteachersareawareoftheelementsofFLA,ingitspossiblesources,effedmaegies,obeexamihisawareobeuoodadequately。
InadditioFLAhasbeenthefoerousstudies,manyofwhichhavefousdetrimehereisnodoubtthateffortsshouldbemadetofindsolutioheseeffects。However,withalloftheteathisstudyregboththefagaisofFLA,andhalfofthestudentshavingbothpositiveaiveviewsofFLA,wesuggestthatthefagsideofFLAisalsoworthattentiolimitedresearchhasexamiatingsideofFLA,inadditiontofindingsolutionstoreduceFLA,futureresearanagingFLAshouldalsofindwaystotakeadvahepositiveeffectsofFLAoeadlearning。