The mediating role of English learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awareness
Socioeconomic status (SES) has received great attention in learning a second or foreign language (SL/FL). However, little research has investigated the association between SES and SL/FL pragmatic learning, let alone the influencing pathways of SES on SL/FL pragmatic awareness (PA). Therefore, this r...
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| description | Socioeconomic status (SES) has received great attention in learning a second or foreign language (SL/FL). However, little research has investigated the association between SES and SL/FL pragmatic learning, let alone the influencing pathways of SES on SL/FL pragmatic awareness (PA). Therefore, this research aimed to address the link between learners’ SES and PA with the mediating effects of learning motivation based on the L2 motivation self-system (L2MSS) theory by surveying 292 Chinese EFL university students. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that: (1) SES had no significant effect on ought-to L2 self and intended learning efforts; (2) ought-to L2 self and intended learning efforts had significant predictive effects on PA; (3) SES positively and directly predicted EFL learners’ PA; and (4) ideal L2 self, attitudes toward L2 community, and attitudes toward learning English mediated the relationship between SES and Chinese EFL learners’ PA significantly. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f449d61d23834a5c85290e1d1eaf47612025-01-08T06:11:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.14711081471108The mediating role of English learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awarenessXiaomeng Hui0Yuqing Chen1College of Foreign Studies, Northeastern University, Shenyang, ChinaSchool of Foreign Languages, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaSocioeconomic status (SES) has received great attention in learning a second or foreign language (SL/FL). However, little research has investigated the association between SES and SL/FL pragmatic learning, let alone the influencing pathways of SES on SL/FL pragmatic awareness (PA). Therefore, this research aimed to address the link between learners’ SES and PA with the mediating effects of learning motivation based on the L2 motivation self-system (L2MSS) theory by surveying 292 Chinese EFL university students. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that: (1) SES had no significant effect on ought-to L2 self and intended learning efforts; (2) ought-to L2 self and intended learning efforts had significant predictive effects on PA; (3) SES positively and directly predicted EFL learners’ PA; and (4) ideal L2 self, attitudes toward L2 community, and attitudes toward learning English mediated the relationship between SES and Chinese EFL learners’ PA significantly.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1471108/fullL2 motivational self-system (L2MSS)pragmatic awareness (PA)socioeconomic status (SES)motivationideal L2 self |
| spellingShingle | Xiaomeng Hui Yuqing Chen The mediating role of English learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awareness Frontiers in Psychology L2 motivational self-system (L2MSS) pragmatic awareness (PA) socioeconomic status (SES) motivation ideal L2 self |
| title | The mediating role of English learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awareness |
| title_full | The mediating role of English learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awareness |
| title_fullStr | The mediating role of English learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awareness |
| title_full_unstemmed | The mediating role of English learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awareness |
| title_short | The mediating role of English learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awareness |
| title_sort | mediating role of english learning motivation between socioeconomic status and pragmatic awareness |
| topic | L2 motivational self-system (L2MSS) pragmatic awareness (PA) socioeconomic status (SES) motivation ideal L2 self |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1471108/full |
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