Changing language mindsets: Implications for goal orientations and responses to failure in and outside the second language classroom
Changing language mindsets: Implications for goal orientations and responses to failure in and outside the second language classroom
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.03.004
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发表时间：
2016-07-01
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Noels, Kimberly A.
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作者：
Lou, Nigel Mantou;Noels, Kimberly A.
本研究探讨了如何启动一个实体语言理论（即，语言智能是固定的信念）或增量语言理论（即，语言智力可以提高的信念）可以引导语言学习者的目标，从而影响他们在失败情况下的反应和继续学习语言的意图。大学水平的语言课程的学生（N = 150）被随机分配到两个条件，其中一个或另一个语言思维启动。结果表明，在渐进式条件下，学习者更强烈地认同学习目标，而不考虑他们对语言能力的感知，在失败的情况下，学习者更倾向于掌握目标，并有更强的继续学习目标语言的意愿。相比之下，在实体条件下，学习者谁认为自己有很强的语言技能赞同的性能方法的目标，反过来报告更多的成功导向的反应和失败的恐惧。对课堂内外的语言学习的影响进行了讨论，包括语言教育工作者可以用来促进增量理论，以支持他们的学生在失败的情况下的动机和弹性的可能策略。皇冠版权所有（C）2016由Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
This study examined how priming an entity language theory (i.e., the belief that language intelligence is fixed) or an incremental language theory (i.e., the belief that language intelligence can be improved) can orient language learners' goals and, in turn, influence their reactions in failure situations and their intention to continue learning the language. University-level students in language courses (N = 150) were randomly assigned to two conditions, in which one or the other language mindset was primed. The results showed that in the incremental condition, learners more strongly endorsed learning goals regardless of their perceived language competence, and in turn reported more mastery-oriented responses in failure situations and stronger intention to continue learning the target language. In contrast, in the entity condition, learners who perceived themselves having strong language skills endorsed performance approach goals and in turn reported more helpless-oriented responses and fear of failure. The implications for language learning inside and outside the classroom are discussed, including possible strategies that language educators can use to promote incremental theories to support their students' motivation and resilience in failure situations. Crown Copyright (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.