The effects of English language ability on approaches to learning

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1、RELCJournalhttp://rel.sagepub.com/TheEffectsofEnglishLanguageAbilityonApproachestoLearningLynGow,DavidKemberandRosaliaChowRELCJournal199122:49DOI:10.1177/003368829102200104Theonlineversionofthisarticlecanbefoundat:http://rel.sagepub.com/content/22/1/49

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4、idKemberandRosaliaChowHongKongPolytechnicAbstractTherelationshipbetweenapproachtolearningandEnglishlan-guageabilityofstudentsinatertiaryinstitutioninHongKongwasexamined.TheStudyProcessQuestionnaire(SPQ)developedbyBiggswasusedtomeasurestudents’approacht

5、olearning,withthe42questionnaireitemspresentedinbothEnglishandChinese.Englishlanguageabilitywasassessedbyascalecomprisingthreeself-ratingitemsandtwoself-reportedexaminationresults.Multiplelinearregressionwasusedtorelatethesixsub-scalesoftheSPQwiththeEn

6、glishlanguagescaleandotherstudentbackgroundvariables.Sub-jectswithlowerabilityinEnglishlanguagewerefoundtobemorelikelytoadoptasurfacestrategyintheirlearning.Ontheotherhand,deepmotivationwaspositivelyrelatedtoEnglishlanguageability.Qualitativedatawereal

7、socollectedfrominterviewsinanef-forttoexplainthemechanismsbehindtheseobservations.Itissug-gestedthatstudentswhoareweakerinEnglishconcentrateinitiallyondecipheringtherhetoricalaspectsoftextsoarelesslikelytovisua-lisetheunderlyingmeaningofwhattheyareread

8、ing.IntroductionManystudentsreceiveinstructioninalanguageotherthantheirfirstlanguage.Somehaveemigratedfromtheirhomecountrytoanotherwithadifferentlanguage.Anincreasingnumberfinditnecessaryordesirabletogotoanoverseasinstitutionforsecondar