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espanolLa relacion entre auto-concepto y rendimiento en la educacion es una cuestion compleja y a veces contradictoria. El proposito de este estudio es el de analizar las diferencias en percepciones entre alumnos y alumnas en terminos de su auto-concepto y rendimiento real en la asignatura de ingles como lengua extranjera. En total, 110 estudiantes del ultimo curso de Bachillerato proporcionaron sus perspectivas personales sobre sus fortalezas y debilidades percibidas en las destrezas comunicativas en ingles; asimismo, proporcionaron informacion sobre sus resultados academicos en esta asignatura. Los resultados muestran diferencias entre las percepciones de chicos y chicas, donde se detecta una tendencia para las alumnas a tener niveles de motivacion mas altos, pero tambien niveles mas elevados de ansiedad. Por otra parte, las alumnas expresaron un auto-concepto academico mas negativo en cuanto a las destrezas comunicativas en comparacion con los alumnos, y eso a pesar de obtener mejores resultados en las evaluaciones. El estudio concluye de manera tentativa que las percepciones del alumnado y su conexion afectiva con el idioma puede proporcionar informacion de utilidad para el profesorado. EnglishThe relationship between self-concept and performance in education is a complex one and results from research on this matter are, at times, contradictory. The aim of this study is to analyse differences in perceptions between male and female students in terms of their academic self-concept and their actual performance in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). A total of 110 upper secondary students in Granada, Spain, provided personal perspectives into their perceived strengths and weaknesses in discrete communicative language skills in English and reported on their academic performance in this subject. Results show differences between boys’ and girls’ perceptions, whereby female participants in the study have relatively higher levels of motivation but also increased levels of anxiety; in addition, females expressed a poorer view on their academic performance in the different language skills in comparison to males, despite the fact that girls’ actual performance in assessments was slightly better. The study tentatively concludes that the analysis of student perceptions on their own mastery of skills, as well as their affective attachment towards the language, may provide useful information for teachers.

Little High, Little Low: Girls’ and Boys’ Academic Self-concept and Performance in English as a Foreign Language