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Title: Measuring Adult Learners' Foreign Language Anxiety, Motivational Factors, and Achievement Expectations: A Comparative Study between Chinese as a Second-Language Students and English as a Second-Language Students
Language: English
Authors: Lin, Li-Ching
Source: ProQuest LLC. 2013Ph.D. Dissertation, Cleveland State University.
Availability: ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Tel: 800-521-0600; Web site: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 157
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Adult Education
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Individual Characteristics, Language Teachers, Second Language Programs, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Expectation, Asian Culture, Western Civilization, Chinese, Statistical Analysis, Adult Learning, Universities, Learning Motivation, Academic Achievement, Regression (Statistics), Factor Analysis
ISBN: 978-1-267-88291-2
Abstract: This dissertation focuses on interpreting the impacts of foreign language anxiety and individual characteristics on the achievement expectations of Chinese second-language learners and English second-language students at the university level. Four research questions are examined through quantitative design. In relation to methodology, this study utilizes a factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA), logistic regression, and ?[superscript 2] as the statistical methods; in addition, the latest version of Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) is used to analyze the data. This study provides current and future second-language educators and administrators who plan to set up second-language programs with a broad idea of the extent to which foreign language anxiety, personal characteristics, and cultural differences influence the adult learners' achievement expectations in university sponsored second-language programs. This study also outlines the differences between non-Western and Western adult learners and the impact cultural factors have on the adult learners' level of foreign language anxiety. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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