Cultural and situational in¯uences on foreign language learners' beliefs about language learning: a review of BALLI studies  

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Horwitz, Elaine K.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 27 no. 4 (Dec. 1999), page 557-576.
Topik: Individual di?erences; Beliefs about language learning; Foreign language aptitude; Cultural di?erences; Language learning contexts; American language learners; Korean language learners; Turkish language learners; Taiwanese language learners; Learners of less commonly taught languages
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Understanding learner beliefs about language learning is essential to understanding learner strategies and planning appropriate language instruction; however, to date there has been no examination of how these beliefs may di?er across learner groups. This paper reviews repre- sentative studies (including American learners of French, Spanish, German, and Japanese, US university instructors of French, and Korean, Taiwanese, and Turkish heritage English as a Foreign Language English [EFL] students) using the ``Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory (BALLI)'' to identify similarities and di?erences across cultural groups. Although instances of di?ering beliefs between and among the American, Korean, and Turkish heritage groups were identi®ed, an examination of the responses to individual BALLI items did not yield clear-cut cultural di?erences in beliefs. The di?erences between the instructors of French and American learners suggest that beliefs may vary based on age, stage of learning, and professional status. Several of the di?erences identi®ed in the various American groups and the two groups of Korean and Turkish heritage learners may be more clearly attributable to di?erences in learning circumstances than culture.

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