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INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

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Abstract
Self-efficacy is the strength of expectations individuals maintain about their ability to successfully perform a behavior. As such, researchers from many fields (e.g., educational psychology, health, medicine) have employed self-efficacy to predict and describe a wide range of human functioning. However, relatively few studies in second language (L2) reading have investigated the relationship between reading self-efficacy and proficiency, and those that have tend to suffer from design flaws and/or problems with analyses. Furthermore, no studies have explored the effects that past experiences seem to have on current levels of reading self-efficacy. In order to address this lack of empirical research, this quasi-experimental study was conducted to investigate how participants’ retrospective ratings of reading self-efficacy related to current levels, and how those current levels, in turn, relate to reading proficiency. The participants, all of whom were non-English majors, consisted of 322 first- and second-year Japanese university students, ages 18 to 20. Data to examine retrospective self-efficacy was collected through the sources of reading self-efficacy questionnaire and TOEIC reading scores were utilized for the reading proficiency variable. The results suggest that the retrospective ratings of self-efficacy in junior high and high school are closely related to the participants’ current levels of reading self-efficacy. The results from an ANOVA also showed a statistically significant difference in reading performance between those with high reading self-efficacy and those with low reading self-efficacy. The results demonstrate how important past levels of self-efficacy can be on learners’ current levels of self-efficacy; therefore providing students in the EFL classroom with achievable activities and opportunities to cultivate their self-efficacy would be indicated. Further research is necessary to determine specific ways in which teachers may help foster a stronger sense of self-efficacy in EFL learners.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

Reading Interest and Habits/Kebiasaan Membaca, Minat Baca

No. Panggil

510 LAN r

Penerbit

bandung : upi.edu., 2016

Deskripsi Fisik

hlm106.;20cm

Bahasa

Indonesia

ISBN/ISSN

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Klasifikasi

510

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

vol.6 Nomor 1

Subjek

Politik Pemerintahan

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Lance Paul Burrows

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