摘要
According to the attribution theory,achievement attributions have significant consequences for subsequent achievement motivation and future behavior.This study sought to determine some of the causes to which junior students at vocational college attributed success or failure in their English learning.The results of the present study revealed that the majority of the students participated in the study identified themselves as unsuccessful English learners and collectively the students placed more importance on the causal attributions of interest in English learning,effort and teachers' help.When divided by their perceived learning performances (successful learners vs.unsuccessful),the successful learners placed more importance on English learning ability,interests in English,and teacher's help than did the unsuccessful ones.The paper analyzes the attribution tendency,gender difference and group difference as well.
根据归因理论,学生对自己的学习结果的自我归因在很大程度上影响他们的后续行为、成就动机和情感反应。本研究探索和确定了影响高职高专学生英语学习成败的重要因素,以及这些因素在归因三纬度上的分布特点。研究结果表明,大多数被调查者把自己英语学习失败的主要原因归于学习兴趣、努力程度和教师的帮助。学习成功者比不成功者更趋向于把学习的结果归于学习兴趣、学习能力和教师的帮助。不成功者的归因属于适应性归因,这一研究结果和国外的一些研究结果并不完全一致。本文还对归因的性别差异和群体差异做了分析,并且在研究的基础上提出了对高职高专英语教育的建议。
