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An Exploratory Study of Self Reported Language Learning Behaviors and their Relation to Achievement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Robert L. Politzer
Robert L. Politzer
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Stanford University
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Abstract

Ninety undergraduate students enrolled in Foreign language courses in French, Spanish and German were asked to respond to a questionnaire concerning their engagement in certain selected learning behaviors culled from recent literature on good language learners. The data reported by the students are described and analyzed according to level of language course, and language. They are also related to student's grades and instructors' evaluations of students' progress, effort and voluntary classroom participation. The main finding is that there is some evidence for a link between certain behaviors and student achievement. However, links between learning behavior and achievement seem dependent on course level and methodology, and suggest the possibility of a learning behavior/treatment interaction.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , Fall 1983, pp. 54 - 68
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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