2011
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.7.879
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Young Students' Success and Failure Attributions in Language Learning

Abstract: The factors that affect young students' successes and failures in learning a foreign language with specific focus on the role of perceived causal attributions were examined. The content of self-assessment papers of 52 young learners studying English was analyzed to investigate the students' success and failure attributions. It was found that both attributions were linked mostly to internal and unstable factors, with listening to the teacher and doing homework being the most significant. The results highlight t… Show more

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“…While teachers also attributed their students' failure to not being aware of their learning process and not using language-learning strategies efficiently, students believed they did not have ability to learn a foreign language and blamed their teachers for their failures. The most frequent attributions in this study that is effort, teacher, motivation, and participation are among common attributions cited in other studies (Killen, 1994;Mao, 2003;Pishghadam and Zabihi, 2011;Şahinkarakaş, 2011;Williams et al, 2005). However, although luck and task difficulty are accepted as common attributions in research (Graham, 1991;Graham, 2004;Tse, 2000;Weiner, 1979Weiner, , 1984Williams et al, 2004), in Turkish context students do not seem to include those in their attributions in this study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 74%
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“…While teachers also attributed their students' failure to not being aware of their learning process and not using language-learning strategies efficiently, students believed they did not have ability to learn a foreign language and blamed their teachers for their failures. The most frequent attributions in this study that is effort, teacher, motivation, and participation are among common attributions cited in other studies (Killen, 1994;Mao, 2003;Pishghadam and Zabihi, 2011;Şahinkarakaş, 2011;Williams et al, 2005). However, although luck and task difficulty are accepted as common attributions in research (Graham, 1991;Graham, 2004;Tse, 2000;Weiner, 1979Weiner, , 1984Williams et al, 2004), in Turkish context students do not seem to include those in their attributions in this study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 74%
“…Despite a large number of attribution studies around the world, not many studies focused on learners learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the Turkish context. Studies conducted in the Turkish context, similar to the others in the world, conclude effort, interest, teacher and ability as the most frequent attributions for success and effort, interest, class atmosphere and task difficulty attributions for failure (Erten and Burden, 2014;Şahinkarakaş, 2011). Yılmaz (2012) examined Turkish EFL students' and teachers' attributions in reading comprehension and investigated whether student attributions vary across gender, proficiency and teacher opinions.…”
Section: Review Of the Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Devido à importância da Teoria de Atribuição de Causalidade no campo educacional, pesquisas têm sido conduzidas com o intuito de conhecer as atribuições de causalidade em estudantes nos mais diversos níveis de escolaridade e suas relações com variáveis demográficas e escolares como o gênero, a idade, o desempenho, a escolaridade, entre outras (Almeida, Miranda, & Guisande, 2008;Jung, 2008;Miranda, Almeida, Boruchovitch, Almeida, & Abreu, 2012;Paiva & Boruchovitch, 2010;Sahinkarakas, 2011;Stephanou, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…De um modo geral, os estudos internacionais e nacionais que buscaram identificar as atribuições de causalidade para o sucesso e para o fracasso escolar em alunos dos Ensinos Fundamental e Médio verificaram que os estudantes, em sua maioria, atribuem a si mesmos a responsabilidade pelo resultado escolar obtido, seja sucesso ou fracasso (Almeida, Miranda, & Guisande, 2008;Ferreira et al, 2002;Martini, 2003;Martini & Boruchovitch, 2009;Miranda et al, 2012;Neves & Faria, 2007;Sahinkarakas, 2011;Yoshimoto, 2004). Além disso, pesquisas revelaram que variáveis como sexo, idade, desempenho escolar e histórico de reprovação exercem impacto nas atribuições de causalidade dos estudantes (Dela Coleta & Dela Coleta, 2006;Khodayarifard, Anshel, & Brinthaupt, 2006;Martini & Boruchovitch, 2004;Martini & Del Prette, 2005;Miranda et al, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…De um modo geral, os estudos internacionais e nacionais que buscaram identificar as atribuições de causalidade para o sucesso e para o fracasso escolar em alunos dos ensinos fundamental e médio verificaram que os estudantes, em sua maioria, atribuem a si mesmos a responsabilidade pelo resultado escolar obtido (Almeida, Miranda & Guisande, 2008;Ferreira & cols., 2002;Martini, 2003;Miranda & cols., 2012;Neves & Faria, 2007;Sahinkarakas, 2011;Yoshimoto, 2004).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified