“…As for competences necessary for lifelong learning, the European Council (2018) has put forward the following list: literacy; multilingualism; numerical, scientific and engineering skills; digital and technology-based competences (including ICT); interpersonal skills (including cooperation) and the ability to adopt new competences; active citizenship; entrepreneurship; cultural awareness and expression. In the case of language learning, lifelong learning cannot be imagined without suitable ICT skills and autonomous learning aided by resource use (European Commission, 2018;European Council, 2018), for which dictionaries offer a reliable foundation (Jalaluddin et al, 2014;P. Márkus et al, 2023).…”
Knowledge production in today’s world presupposes skills necessary for successful knowledge construction and knowledge update. Such skills include English as a foreign language (EFL), life-long learning and 21st century skills. This study presents a quantitative pilot study (N=200) that examines the relationship between EFL learning motivation, communication in L1 and L2, some aspects of life-long learning and certain 21st century skills. The paper seeks to explore what this relationship is like and in what way these factors are connected and how they potentially impact one another. The study presents the validation of the instrument used for the research, and reports some of the preliminary findings. Based on the results, it is concluded that the ideal L2 self is a predictor of L2 learning motivation, willingness to use dictionaries and cooperation during EFL classes. The results also indicate that participants exhibit the necessary ICT and L1 skills for their studies of EFL, and positively relate to communicative situations with native and non-native speakers of English.
“…As for competences necessary for lifelong learning, the European Council (2018) has put forward the following list: literacy; multilingualism; numerical, scientific and engineering skills; digital and technology-based competences (including ICT); interpersonal skills (including cooperation) and the ability to adopt new competences; active citizenship; entrepreneurship; cultural awareness and expression. In the case of language learning, lifelong learning cannot be imagined without suitable ICT skills and autonomous learning aided by resource use (European Commission, 2018;European Council, 2018), for which dictionaries offer a reliable foundation (Jalaluddin et al, 2014;P. Márkus et al, 2023).…”
Knowledge production in today’s world presupposes skills necessary for successful knowledge construction and knowledge update. Such skills include English as a foreign language (EFL), life-long learning and 21st century skills. This study presents a quantitative pilot study (N=200) that examines the relationship between EFL learning motivation, communication in L1 and L2, some aspects of life-long learning and certain 21st century skills. The paper seeks to explore what this relationship is like and in what way these factors are connected and how they potentially impact one another. The study presents the validation of the instrument used for the research, and reports some of the preliminary findings. Based on the results, it is concluded that the ideal L2 self is a predictor of L2 learning motivation, willingness to use dictionaries and cooperation during EFL classes. The results also indicate that participants exhibit the necessary ICT and L1 skills for their studies of EFL, and positively relate to communicative situations with native and non-native speakers of English.
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