Hao Zhang. Chinese learning motivation and self-efficacy of Thai senior high school students. Master's Degree(Bilingual Education). Rangsit University Library. : Rangsit University, 2023.
Chinese learning motivation and self-efficacy of Thai senior high school students
Abstract:
This study aimed to address a research gap among these variables with the Thai
high school students studying Chinese as a foreign language by exploring the level of
students motivation and academic self-efficacy and investigating the relationship
between motivation, academic self-efficacy, and individual differences among Thai
high school students. A school in Trang, Thailand, was purposively selected as a case
study, and 123 high school students from this school were recruited as research
participants. The main research design in the quantitative part of the study was
correlational study while qualitative data were also sought from the semi-structured
interview to supplement the quantitative findings.
The results showed that the participants had a low level of learning motivation
from the L2MSS perspectives (x̄ = 2.420) and had a moderate level of academic selfefficacy
(x̄ = 2.639). Learning motivation and academic self-efficacy were statistically
significant correlated with students' age and Chinese language proficiency level, but
not statistically significant correlated with gender, ethnicity, and duration of Chinese
learning. The regression equation of motivation and academic self-efficacy was derived
from linear regression analysis as language motivation=-0.572+1.134*academic selfefficacy.
Furthermore, the results of the semi-structured interviews confirmed that the
main motivation type of Thai high school students is L2 ideal self; besides, there are
many problems in the teaching methods and textbooks of Chinese teaching in Thailand.