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Social and Dimensional Comparisons in the Formation of German Students’ Language Self-Concepts

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: This study extended the internal/external reference model to multiple languages including students’ language of instruction, first foreign language, and second foreign language. We examined whether social and dimensional comparisons play similar roles in the formation of students’ self-concept related to different languages and whether dimensional comparisons result in contrast or assimilation effects. All students had German as the language of instruction and English as the first foreign language. Students were divided into a subsample (N = 487) learning French as a second foreign language and a subsample (N = 481) learning Latin. Invariance tests demonstrated that the achievement–self-concept relations were similar across the subsamples, but interesting group differences became apparent when analyzing the French and Latin subsamples separately.

Source: The Journal of Experimental Education

DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2019.1635069

Authors: A. Katrin Arens, Friederike Helm, Fabian Wolff, Jens Möller

Institutions: DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Language: English

Topic: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft