Problems for questionnaire

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Problems for questionnaire

• WEN Qiufang

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Advantages and disadvantages

• What is a questionnaire able to investigate?
• What is a questionnaire unable to do?

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Problems

• Without a conceptual framework
• Without proper categories
• Categories not mutually exclusive
• items of low validity

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Motivation

• Motivation is defined as reasons for learning
  English, I.e. why do they want to learn English
  which are divided into two categories according
  to Biggs theory

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Beliefs

• Learners views on what can lead to success in L2
  learning (Similar to the knowledge aspect of
  Metalearning defined by Biggs and Philosophy
  mentioned by Abraham and Vann

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Strategies

• Actions taken to facilitate the accomplishment of
  language learning tasks (same as Rubins
  definition)

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How to define the subcategories of each variable?
Theory-driven
Data-driven
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Theory-driven

• Biggss classification of motivation
• Surface motive
• Deep motive

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Theory-driven

• OMalley Chamots classification of strategies
• Metacognitive
• Cogntive

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Theory-driven

• Sterns three continua as theoretical assumptions
  for classifying the subcategories of learning
  strategies
• L1-L2 connection
• The explicit-implicit option
• The code-communication dilemma

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Subcategories of beliefs
Views on the importance of management
strategies tn

• Management belief
• Form-focused belief
• Meaning-focused belief
• Mother-tongue-use belief

Views on the importance of form-focused
strategies
Views on the importance of meaning-focused
strategies
Views on the importance of using L1 in learning
English
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Subcategories of strategies
Strategies used in planning and regulating the
learning process cognitively and affectively and
learners study habits

• Management strategies
• Form-focused strategies
• Meaning-focused strategies
• Mother-tongue-use strategies

Strategies used in communicative activities and
in seeking exposure to the language
Strategies used in form-focused activities and
text-based intensive study
Strategies used in the use of the mother tongue
in learning
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Motivation, Belief, Strategy

• 60 items

53 items
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Three stages

• Stage One
• Interviewed four successful English learners at
  different ages
• Reviewed the existing literature and instruments
• Stage Two
• Pilot study (52 subjects)
• Stage Three
• Validation (242 subjects from five universities)