The purpose of the current study is to examine how standardized language assessment affects Chinese young learners’ motivation for second language learning. Adopting the L2 Motivational Self System as the theoretical framework, this survey-based research uses two sets of questionnaires among 6th-grade test takers of MSEET in a Chinese urban city. This study uses a pre-test questionnaire to elicit 6th-grade young learners’ self-perceptions about how their L2 motivation has been influenced by their Middle School Entrance English Test during the test preparation stage. After the respondents take the MSEET and receive test scores, a post-test questionnaire will be used to elicit their responses that indicate how their teachers’ and parents’ attitudes toward their test performances affect their motivation for continued English learning. This study aims to provide answers to answer the following questions:
How does a standardized language assessment like MSEET affect YLLs’ motivation for English learning?
How do teachers’ and parents’ attitudes toward …show more content…
Those students may come from different schools in the same city. The researcher will first contact a number of local elementary schools, asking teachers of each school to provide a list of students who are planning to enter a prestigious middle school by taking the MSEET. Then, the students will be selected to balance the gender ratio and socioeconomic class distribution in order to reduce the potential impacts of such factors on the generalizability of their responses. Ideally, the gender ratio of the 120 selected students should be approximate to 1:1, and the distribution of their socioeconomic class of the sample should more or less reflect that of the local population in the city. The researcher will also discuss with the school teachers about the appropriateness of sampling before conducting the survey-based
How does a standardized language assessment like MSEET affect YLLs’ motivation for English learning?
How do teachers’ and parents’ attitudes toward …show more content…
Those students may come from different schools in the same city. The researcher will first contact a number of local elementary schools, asking teachers of each school to provide a list of students who are planning to enter a prestigious middle school by taking the MSEET. Then, the students will be selected to balance the gender ratio and socioeconomic class distribution in order to reduce the potential impacts of such factors on the generalizability of their responses. Ideally, the gender ratio of the 120 selected students should be approximate to 1:1, and the distribution of their socioeconomic class of the sample should more or less reflect that of the local population in the city. The researcher will also discuss with the school teachers about the appropriateness of sampling before conducting the survey-based