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(Second) Language Acquisition語言習得\The questions of Ch6-group discussion
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Student’s Name/ ID Student’s Name/ ID : : Yuri 9722616 Yuri 9722616 Betty 9722609Betty 9722609 Vivian 9722607Vivian 9722607
InstructorInstructor :: Philip LinPhilip LinDateDate :: Dec. 1, 2008Dec. 1, 2008
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Q1 : What are (a) attribution theory and self-efficacy(b) willingness to communicate(c) inhibition?
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Definition of attribution
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Two factors of four expressions for success and/or failure
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Example: Failure to get a high grade on a final exam
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Definition of self-efficacy
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When falling of one’s personal goals
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About self-efficacy1. It is essential for learners to believe in
themselves in order to succeed at a set of tasks.
2. The most important roles of successful teachers is to facilitate high levels of self-efficacy in their students.
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Definition of WTC“The intention to initiate communication, given a choice.”
(MacIntyre, 2001)
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About WTC1. WTC has its roots in a learner’s first
language communication patterns.2. Higher levels of WTC were associated with
learners’ social support experience, particularly from friends, offering further evidence of the power of socially constructed conception of self.
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Cognitive and affective factors that determine one’s WTC
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Definition of inhibitionClosely related to and in some cases subsumed under the notion of self-esteem is the concept of inhibition. All human beings, in their understanding of themselves, build sets of defenses to protect the ego.
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The human egos of inhibition
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The experiment of inhibition
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The conclusion of inhibitionAnyone who has learned a foreign language is acutely aware that second language learning actually necessitates the making of mistakes.
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