Investigating the Relationships among English Language Self-Efficacy, Learning Style Preferences, and Goal Setting for Bachelor Students in the Faculty of Logistics
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study aims to investigate the relationships among English language self-efficacy, learning style preferences, and goal setting for bachelor students in the Faculty of Logistics. There were 289 usable questionnaires from five groups of students, the first three groups were 209 students who studied English for logistics as compulsory subsidiary subjects and the last two groups were 80 students who studied English for Communication as an elective subject. The data were analyzed by Exploratory Factor Analysis to classify groups of self-efficacy and learning style preferences. The hypotheses were solved by SEM analysis using the WarpPLS trial version. The results were two loading self-efficacy factors and three loading learning style preferences that had an eigenvalue of more than 1.0. The results indicated 2 self-efficacy factors which were (1) Listening and speaking in English (LS) and (2) Writing and reading in English (WR). Learning style preferences have three factors which were (1) Understanding and seeing in a new way (Learn 1); (2) Seeking opportunities (Learn 2); and (3) Increasing one’s knowledge (Learn 3). It can be concluded that H1: self-efficacy influences English learning style preferences at the significance level of 0.01 and H2: English learning style preferences influence students’ goal-setting on learning English at the significance level of 0.01.
Source: The New English Teacher
Authors: Sarunya Lertputtarak, Denis Samokhin
Institution: Burapha University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2950876775