English learning motivation and self-efficacy of Filipino senior high school students

• Main Authors: Torres, Joel Mayo, Alieto, Ericson Olario
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: English language—Study and teaching—Filipino speakers; Motivation in education; Self-efficacy; Students > Philippines > Psychology; Language and Literacy Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1293
• Institution: De La Salle University

The present study is an attempt to examine how the two psychological constructs, motivation and self-efficacy, work among Filipino ESL learners. Using two instruments, English Learning Motivation Scale and English Self-Efficacy Scale, the study reports the levels of English learning motivation and self-efficacy of 160 Grade 12 senior high school students in a city in Nueva Ecija. Differences on motivation and self-efficacy levels were also examined in terms of participants' gender and academic tracks. Finally, the relationship between motivation and self-efficacy was also explored. Results present a challenge among ESL teachers and curriculum planners on how to come up with pedagogical programs, both in the micro and the macro-levels, that will be responsive to students' levels of English motivation and self-efficacy. © 2019 Asian E F L Journal Press. All rights reserved.