“…This was originally reported from a UK interview study (Taber, 1998b) and the finding was later replicated in surveys of UK learners (Taber, 2003b). The same conception has since been found in a survey of learners in Singapore (Tan, Taber, Goh & Chia, 2005) and among learners in a number of other countries (Tan, Goh, Chia, Taber, Liu, Coll, Lorenzo & Li, accepted for publication).…”