Predictors of Performance of Iranian English Language Learners on Speaking Skill: A Study of Socially-Oriented Personal Attributes
Publish place: Iranian journal of Learning and Memory، Vol: 3، Issue: 9
Publish Year: 1399
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: English
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Abstract:
The present quantitative study examined the role of a set of socially-mediated personal attributes that might intervene in the speaking performance of Iranian EFL learners. The possible relationship between three factors (namely, Willingness to communicate (WTC) in L۲, L۲ communication confidence, and Beliefs about L۲ group work in L۲ speaking), which are hypothesized to influence learners’ oral performance, was investigated. In fact, a model reflecting the hypothesis that these three variables would influence the learners’ speaking performance was constructed and tested by collecting data from a convenient sample of ۱۰۰ B.A. university students in Iran. In order to collect the required data on the above-mentioned variables, a comprehensive questionnaire developed by Fushino (۲۰۱۰) and IELTS speaking test module ۱ were utilized. The structural equation modeling confirmed that these three variables were very good predictors of performance of Iranian EFL learners on speaking skill. In other words, the measurement model of this study was approved and the conceptual model of research had an acceptable level of fit index. In addition, the result of multiple regressions indicated that L۲ communicative confidence made a higher level of contribution in explaining the L۲ speaking performance of the learners, which corroborates the association of these two constructs. The findings of present study also implied that increasing EFL learners’ WTC, communication confidence and beliefs about L۲ group work is likely to help to improve their speaking ability and learners who have higher levels of L۲ WTC and confidence are likely to achieve higher scores on their speaking performance.
Keywords:
Beliefs about L۲ group work , L۲ communication confidence , Personal attributes , Speaking Performance , Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) , willingness to communicate
Authors
Omid Mallahi
Department of English Language Teaching, University of Hormozgan, Iran
SaidehSaadat Hosseini
Department of English Language Teaching, Payame-Noor-University (PNU), Qeshm, Iran
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