Abstract
A longitudinal study was conducted to assess changes in and contributing factors of learner belief for a sample of 70 Chinese foreign language learners. Foreign language proficiency and learner factors such as learner belief and learning strategy were measured four times at approximately fifty-day intervals. The results show that there were significant changes in self-efficacy belief, belief about learning difficulty and belief about learning strategy. The major contributing factors to changes in self-efficacy belief include learning strategy, effort, foreign language anxiety, motivation and foreign language proficiency. Meanwhile, learning style, learning strategy and foreign language anxiety have significant effects on changes in learner belief about learning strategy.
Highlights
Learner belief is the idea learners hold with regard to learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
On the basis of the two classifications, we propose that learner belief is composed of self-efficacy beliefs (SEB), beliefs about nature of foreign language learning (BNL), beliefs about foreign language aptitude (BLA), beliefs about difficulty of language learning (BD) and beliefs about learning strategy (BLS)
Results of repeated measure ANOVA suggest that the overall level of learner belief is relatively stable with no significant changes detected at any time interval
Summary
Learner belief is the idea learners hold with regard to learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Liu and Dai (2003)’s conclusion, is slightly different They found no significant difference in either self-management belief or L1 reliant belief. Tanaka and Ellis (2003) examined the relationship between learner belief and learning outcome and found no significant relationship between the two. Two groups differed considerably in the belief concerning cultural studies, relationship between EFL learning and professional learning, form and function of language and self-evaluation of English proficiency. This finding is divergent from the results of all the studies discussed above
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