How Setting Goals Enhances Learners’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Listening Comprehension
This article outlines a study that explores the relationship between SMART goal setting (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-based) and learning English in Colombia concerning a foreign language learners’ self-efficacy beliefs in listening. The participants were seventh and ninth gr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASOCOPI
2014-04-01
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| Series: | HOW |
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| Online Access: | http://howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/14 |
| Summary: | This article outlines a study that explores the relationship between SMART goal setting (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-based) and learning English in Colombia concerning a foreign language learners’ self-efficacy beliefs in listening. The participants were seventh and ninth grade students of two schools in Bogotá, Colombia. The results revealed that self-efficacy was highly positive when related to goal setting as students were able to set SMART goals to improve their listening comprehension and learners showed improvement in self-efficacy beliefs and felt more motivated while completing listening tasks related to songs. Furthermore this study shows that goal setting training can be incorporated successfully into the English as a foreign language classroom. |
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| ISSN: | 0120-5927 0120-5927 |