A mixed-method inquiry into Arabic-speaking students’ experiences with English academic writing at the undergraduate level

Junina, Ahmed Kamal; Strauss, Pat; Wood, Jay K.; Grant, Lynn

doi:10.1080/02188791.2022.2101986

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“…Nevertheless, other aspects still need to be taken into consideration. The aspect of 'value' is not the only thing that determines students' degree of interest but also the experiences they have and will go through (Gearing, 2019;Junina et al, 2022;Tin, 2013). Learners with unpleasant experiences in their last year or previous classes could have a lower positive interest in the upcoming English sessions (Freiermuth & Ito, 2020;Zuo et al, 2019).…”

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The Individual Differences of Indonesian High School Students’ Academic Interest in English as a Foreign Language

Kaluge

Halimi

2023

j. kependidikan. has. penelit. kaji. kepustakaan. bid. pendidik

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This study aims to examine individual differences, using gender as the exploratory variable and age as the covariate on academic interest among Indonesian high school students learning English. The research used a quantitative method. Data were collected virtually using an online questionnaire from 324 learners in four private urban high schools. The instrument used was the Academic Interest Scale for Adolescents (AISA). The process of data analysis consisted of confirmatory factor analysis, calculating Cronbach’s alpha, descriptive statistics, MANOVA, and MANCOVA. Four constructs were found valid and reliable: emotion, value, knowledge, and engagement. After validating the interest scale, data analysis disclosed the following results. Firstly, among the four constructs of academic interest, the value dimension was the highest and the knowledge factor the lowest, whereas emotion and engagement were in the middle position. Secondly, student gender differentiated significantly only in engagement. Thirdly, only the correlation between age and engagement was significant and positive in academic interest and student age. Lastly, considering student age, all the constructs except knowledge were differentiated by gender, where girls outperformed boys. These findings are valuable inputs for teachers, policymakers, and educational researchers in dealing with student language learning in Indonesian high schools.

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