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Toward a Model of Motivated Vocabulary Learning: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Author(s) -
Tseng WenTa,
Schmitt Norbert
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00444.x
Subject(s) - vocabulary , psychology , structural equation modeling , metacognition , vocabulary learning , vocabulary development , process (computing) , cognitive psychology , linguistics , mathematics education , cognition , teaching method , computer science , philosophy , machine learning , neuroscience , operating system
This study presents a structural model that integrates vocabulary knowledge and motivation with six latent variables: the initial appraisal of vocabulary learning experience, self‐regulating capacity of vocabulary learning, strategic vocabulary learning involvement, mastery of vocabulary learning tactics, vocabulary knowledge, and postappraisal of the effectiveness of vocabulary learning tactics. The model suggests that motivated vocabulary learning follows a developmental mode and functions as a cyclic process. The model supports the importance of motivation in the vocabulary learning process and the division of strategic behavior into two components: one frequency‐based and metacognitive in nature and the other focusing on the mastery of individual strategies (i.e., how well they are used).