Transitioning from secondary school to an English-medium transnational university in China: a longitudinal study of student self-efficacy and motivational beliefs

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Professor ZHOU Sihan (Department of Curriculum and Instruction)

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AbstractThis longitudinal study explores changes in self-efficacy and motivational beliefs for learners beginning to study via English-medium instruction (EMI) at a transnational university in China. Following first-year local Chinese students over their first semester of learning via EMI, the study focuses on changes in learner self-efficacy beliefs towards lecture listening alongside task value, intrinsic goal orientation, and extrinsic goal orientation. It draws upon questionnaire (N = 412) and interview data (n = 34) to show significant gains in student self-efficacy due to (1) enactive mastery experiences and (2) the development of strategies for mediating the impact of negative affect. A midterm drop in the strength of intrinsic goal orientations contrasted with a greater focus on extrinsic factors, indicating that as students transitioned to the EMI environment, short-term extrinsic factors were of greater importance. However, findings indicate a rebound in the importance of intrinsic factors due to stronger self-efficacy and self-appraisals of success in EMI study, indicating a relationship between efficacy beliefs and intrinsic value orientations. The results contribute to the currently limited research on learner motivation development during transition into EMI transnational higher education.

Acceptance Date07/05/2023

All Author(s) ListZhou Sihan, Thompson Gene, Zhou Sirui

Journal nameInternational Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Year2024

Volume Number27

Issue Number4

PublisherTaylor & Francis

Pages487 - 500

ISSN1367-0050

LanguagesEnglish-United States

KeywordsEnglish medium instruction (EMI), motivation, self-efficacy, China, transnational higher education

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Language education (Curriculum and instruction)

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