Table 6 Frequency of participants’ responses in open questions
From: Motivation and attitude towards shadowing: learners perspectives in Japanese as a foreign language
Positive aspects | High performance | Low performance | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Improve speaking | 6 | (16, 20, 25, 28, 30, 34) | 11 | (3, 4, 6, 13, 15, 18, 24, 29, 33, 35, 36) | 17 |
Improve listening | 4 | (16, 25, 30, 31) | 11 | (3, 4, 6, 13, 15, 18, 21, 24, 29, 35, 36) | 15 |
Improve pronunciation | 7 | (1, 10, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27) | 5 | (3, 7, 26, 33, 35) | 12 |
Native-like speech | 7 | (5, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 27) | 3 | (3, 7, 22) | 10 |
Fast speed | 6 | (2, 10, 16, 27, 28, 32) | 3 | (3, 9, 22) | 9 |
Understanding | 4 | (10, 17, 23, 31) | 2 | (33, 35) | 6 |
Fun/interesting | 2 | (2, 10) | 1 | (36) | 3 |
Total | 36 | Â | 36 | Â | 72 |
Negative aspects | Â | Â | Â | ||
Speed too fast | 6 | (5, 16, 20, 23, 25, 30) | 12 | (4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 22, 24, 26, 33, 35, 36) | 18 |
Frustrated/stressed | 5 | (10, 20, 25, 30, 31) | 5 | (3, 13, 15, 21, 35) | 10 |
Difficult to understand | 4 | (12, 14, 28, 31) | 5 | (3, 4, 6, 8, 13) | 9 |
Time consuming | 3 | (5, 10, 27) | 0 | Â | 3 |
Total | 18 | Â | 22 | Â | 40 |