Teachers should identify students' motivating factors and design interesting, challenging activities to build L2 self-efficacy¶

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Description¶

Based on the finding that L2 motivation gives rise to L2 self-efficacy, the article recommends that teachers identify students' motivating factors and adapt methodologies, materials, and the learning environment to students' needs. Specifically, "Teachers can design interesting and challenging activities to motivate their students", and teachers are advised to consider students' attitudes, feelings, and values regarding EFL learning to exclude experiences of failure and lack of motivation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers must be aware of the most powerful motivating factors leading to L2 self-efficacy in EFL or ESL learning

Constraints¶

• The recommendation rests on a correlational survey; the article does not report a test of the activities' effectiveness

Target Learners¶

• EFL learners in language institutes and universities

Target Learning Goals¶

• L2 self-efficacy
• language learning motivation
• language achievement

Affordances¶

• L2 Motivational Self System Framework

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Key Sources¶

• Roshandel, J., Ghonsooly, B., & Ghanizadeh, A. (2018). L2 Motivational Self-System and Self-Efficacy: A Quantitative Survey-Based Study. International Journal of Instruction, 11(1), 329-344. https://doi.org/10.12973/iji.2018.11123a