ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY OF EFL STUDENTS IN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN SERBIA
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self-efficacy, EFL students, private English lessons, independent use of English, beginning age of learning English, EFL grade, EFL self-evaluation
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The aim of this research to discover whether there was a connection between the degree of the students’ self-efficacy in learning English as a foreign language (EFL), and the participants’ attendance of private English lessons, independent use of English outside the classroom, age at which they started learning English, grade achieved at the end of the previous term and self-evaluation of English knowledge. Data was gathered by a survey and analyzed by means of a descriptive and inferential analysis. It was established that overall average self-efficacy is relatively high. Furthermore, independent use of English outside the classroom, students’ grade and self-evaluation proved to be the most powerful self-efficacy determinants, leading self-efficacy to be both higher and lower in certain situations. The results imply that the these relationships are complex and it is necessary to offer possible explanations of the results in order to better understand students’ needs in EFL learning.
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Đokić, S. V., & Cvjetićanin, M. J. ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY OF EFL STUDENTS IN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN SERBIA. Methodical Perspectives, 10(10), 191–210. https://doi.org/10.19090/mv.2019.10.191-210
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Pajares, F. (1996). “Self-efficacy beliefs in achievement settings”. Review of Educational Research 66: 543-578.
Pajares, F. & Schunk, D. H. (2001). “Self-Beliefs and School Success: Self-Efficacy, Self Concept, and School Achievement”, in Self Perception, ed. R. J. Riding & S. Stephen (Westport Ablex Publishing): 240-265.
Pajares, F. (2005). “Self-efficacy and adolescence: Implications for teachers and parents”, in Adolescence and education, ed. F. Pajares & T. Urdan (Greenwich, CT: IAP - Information Age Publishing): 339-367.
Pajares, F., & Britner, S. (2006). “Sources of science self-efficacy beliefs of middle school students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 43(5): 485-499.
Pajares, F., Johnson, M. J. & Usher, E. L. (2007). “Sources of Writing Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Elementary, Middle, and High School Students”. Research in the Teaching of English 42(1): 104-120.
Schunk, D. H. (1991). “Self-efficacy and academic motivation”. Educational Psychologist 26: 207–231.
Schunk, D. H. & Pajares, F. (2007). “The Development of Academic Self-Efficacy”, in Development of achievement motivation, ed. A. Wigfield & J. S. Eccles (Amsterdam: Elsevier): 15-32.
Tilfarlioğlu, F. T. & Cġnkara, E. (2009). “Self- Efficacy in Efl: Differences among Proficiency Groups and Relationship with Success”. Novitas-ROYAL 3(2): 129-142.
Wood, R. E. & Locke, E. A. (1987). “The Relation of Self-Efficacy and Grade Goals to Academic Performance”. Educational and Psychological Measurement 47: 1013-1024.