Article:
Semaan, Gaby, and Kasumi Yamazaki. 2015. “The Relationship Between Global Competence and Learning Motivation: An Empirical Study in Critical Language Classrooms”, Foreign Language Annals, vol. 48, Iss. 3, pp. 511-520.
Summary:
This article studies how the global influences of different countries are related to the learning of these countries’ language, in the classrooms of the United States. The researchers believed that there was relationship between global competence and language learning motivation, and therefore set global competence as an independent variable and motivation of language learning as a dependent variable.
The study examined the relation between the two by using a 30 item Likert scale survey, with responses ranged …show more content…
Each participant’s global competence score and the motivation score were calculated by adding the scores of the 15 items. The scores could range from a low of 15 to a maximum of 75. Upon analyzing the result, the Spearman rank-order correlation test shows that there was a significant positive relationship between the participants’ global competence score and the language learning motivation score. For the four categories of motivation, the correlation for integrativeness was 0.302, for Instrumental orientation was 0.312, for attitudes and beliefs was 0.260, and for parental encouragement is 0.085. Integrative motivation comes from learner’s desire to become a part of the language community. The instrumental orientation motivation refers to the desire for particular outcome such as employment or business opportunities. The attitude and belief show the participants’ view on the importance of second language learning. The high positive correlations between these three categories of motivation and global competence, and the low positive correlation on the category of parental encouragement, suggest that the global influence of a country is important in affecting the popularity of the learning of its language.
I like this study on its statistical method of analysis. It is very scientific and persuasive. What I dislike is the category of motivations. I think it is too narrow, more factors should be included in order to compare different motivations …show more content…
AIM was designed for the treatment for children with traumatic brain injury, who suffer from attention and executive function impairments. It chooses specific attention exercises by a computerized algorithm based on ratings of attention domains, which comes from the intake survey of cognitive tests for patients. During the study, an analysis of the clinical rationale data showed that the primary reason to cause computer program to choose new exercises was because participants had met task performance criteria, which led the researchers to design a guide to further enhance the participant engagement with the computer program. The AIM pilot study carried both efficacy and feasibility research questions, through systematically measuring the process of computer and clinician decision-making, and the patient adherence to it, which helped to develop better
Semaan, Gaby, and Kasumi Yamazaki. 2015. “The Relationship Between Global Competence and Learning Motivation: An Empirical Study in Critical Language Classrooms”, Foreign Language Annals, vol. 48, Iss. 3, pp. 511-520.
Summary:
This article studies how the global influences of different countries are related to the learning of these countries’ language, in the classrooms of the United States. The researchers believed that there was relationship between global competence and language learning motivation, and therefore set global competence as an independent variable and motivation of language learning as a dependent variable.
The study examined the relation between the two by using a 30 item Likert scale survey, with responses ranged …show more content…
Each participant’s global competence score and the motivation score were calculated by adding the scores of the 15 items. The scores could range from a low of 15 to a maximum of 75. Upon analyzing the result, the Spearman rank-order correlation test shows that there was a significant positive relationship between the participants’ global competence score and the language learning motivation score. For the four categories of motivation, the correlation for integrativeness was 0.302, for Instrumental orientation was 0.312, for attitudes and beliefs was 0.260, and for parental encouragement is 0.085. Integrative motivation comes from learner’s desire to become a part of the language community. The instrumental orientation motivation refers to the desire for particular outcome such as employment or business opportunities. The attitude and belief show the participants’ view on the importance of second language learning. The high positive correlations between these three categories of motivation and global competence, and the low positive correlation on the category of parental encouragement, suggest that the global influence of a country is important in affecting the popularity of the learning of its language.
I like this study on its statistical method of analysis. It is very scientific and persuasive. What I dislike is the category of motivations. I think it is too narrow, more factors should be included in order to compare different motivations …show more content…
AIM was designed for the treatment for children with traumatic brain injury, who suffer from attention and executive function impairments. It chooses specific attention exercises by a computerized algorithm based on ratings of attention domains, which comes from the intake survey of cognitive tests for patients. During the study, an analysis of the clinical rationale data showed that the primary reason to cause computer program to choose new exercises was because participants had met task performance criteria, which led the researchers to design a guide to further enhance the participant engagement with the computer program. The AIM pilot study carried both efficacy and feasibility research questions, through systematically measuring the process of computer and clinician decision-making, and the patient adherence to it, which helped to develop better