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The antecedents of boredom in L2 classroom learning
System ( IF 4.518 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 , DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2021.102469
Sachiko Nakamura , Pornapit Darasawang , Hayo Reinders

This classroom-based study investigated the antecedents of boredom among Thai university students enrolled in an English oral communication course. The primary data collection tool was a whole-class survey (n = 25) eliciting the learners’ boredom experiences in a particular class over the course of seven weeks. Concurrently, focus group interviews (n = 5) were conducted five times to gain in-depth views about boredom and its antecedents in the L2 learning context in general, as well as the learners’ boredom experiences in the class. A modified version of constant comparative analysis of the survey data yielded nine thematic factors as the antecedents of boredom, which were supported by the interview findings. Activity mismatch, lack of comprehension, insufficient L2 skills, task difficulty, input overload, and lack of ideas were shown to create conditions under which internal learner factors and external classroom factors were ill-balanced or mismatched, resulting in the emergence of boredom. Learners’ physical fatigue, unfavorable appraisals of classroom tasks, and negative behaviors of classmates were also identified as the antecedents of boredom. Adopting a situated approach to exploring L2 learners’ boredom, this study sheds light on the context-dependent view of how and why learners experience boredom through an emic perspective.



中文翻译:

L2课堂学习中无聊的前因

这项基于课堂的研究调查了参加英语口语交流课程的泰国大学生中无聊的前因。主要的数据收集工具是全班调查(n = 25),以在七个星期的过程中激发学习者在特定班级中的无聊经历。同时,进行了五次焦点小组访谈(n = 5),以深入了解一般L2学习环境中的无聊及其前因,以及学习者在课堂上的无聊经历。对调查数据进行持续比较分析的改进版本产生了九个主题因素,它们是无聊的前因,这些因素得到了访谈结果的支持。活动错配,缺乏理解力,二语技能不足,任务难度,输入过载,结果表明,缺乏思想创造了造成内部学习者因素和外部课堂因素失衡或不匹配的条件,从而导致无聊感的出现。学习者的身体疲劳,对课堂任务的评价不佳以及同学的负面行为也被认为是无聊的前因。该研究采用一种探究第二语言学习者无聊感的方法,阐明了通过情境视角对学习者如何以及为什么经历无聊感的上下文相关观点。

更新日期:2021-02-08
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