Foreign language speaking competence and self-regulated speaking motivation


UZTOSUN M. S.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANNALS, cilt.54, sa.2, ss.410-428, 2021 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 54 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/flan.12559
  • Dergi Adı: FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANNALS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Index Islamicus, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.410-428
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: affect in foreign language speaking, foreign language speaking competence, self-regulated learning, self-regulated motivation, testing foreign language speaking
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study investigates the extent to which variables related to self-regulated speaking motivation contributes to the prediction of foreign language speaking competence and explores whether there is a relationship between these two constructs. The data were collected from 84 Turkish university students using self-regulated motivation for improving speaking English as a foreign language scale that comprised four subscales: task value activation, regulation of learning environment, regulation of classroom environment, and regulation of affect. Multiple regression analyses revealed that self-regulated speaking motivation predicts 34% of EFL (English as a foreign language) speaking competence, with a unique contribution of regulation of affect. Pearson correlation coefficient revealed a significant positive correlation between foreign language speaking competence and self-regulated speaking motivation. These findings suggest that self-regulated speaking motivation may be one of the predictors of improved speaking competence. Implications of self-regulated speaking motivation for the development of speaking competence are included.