Is learning really just believing? A meta-analysis of self-efficacy and achievement in SLA

• Published in: Studies in second language learning and teaching Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 233 - 259
• Main Authors: Goetze, Julia, Driver, Megan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kalisz Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego 01.06.2022; Military Historical Bureau of Lieutenant-General Kazimierz Sosnkowski; Adam Mickiewicz University; Adam Mickiewicz University Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts; Adam Mickiewicz University Department of English Studies; Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Analysis; Beliefs; Individual differences; Judgment; l2 achievement; Language Acquisition; Language and Literature Studies; Learning strategies; Meta Analysis; Methods; Pedagogy; positive psychology; Psychology; Resistance (Psychology); Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Self Concept; Self Efficacy; Self Esteem; United Kingdom; positive psychology; selfefficacy; L2 achievement; individual differences

The positive psychology movement (Seligman, 1998) has contributed to the proclamation of a positive turn in second language acquisition (SLA) (MacIntyre et al., 2016). Within the context of individual differences, self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997), an individual’s judgment of their capability to achieve...