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Table 5 Frequency of Participant Response to BALLI items on Learner Motivation and Expectation

From: Epistemological beliefs and conceptions about language teaching and learning: a study of secondary school non-native learners and teachers of Mandarin Chinese in Zambia

 

1

2

3

4

5

M

SD

5. I believe I will learn to speak Mandarin Chinese very well.

50(49%)

50(49%)

50(49%)

50(49%)

50(49%)

50(49%)

50(49%)

20. People in my country feel that it is important to speak Mandarin Chinese.

39(38%)

39(38%)

39(38%)

39(38%)

39(38%)

39(38%)

39(38%)

24. I would like to learn Mandarin Chinese so that I can get to know its speakers better.

30(29%)

50(49%)

16(16%)

5(5%)

1(1%)

1.99

0.862

29. If I learn Mandarin Chinese very well, I will have better job opportunities.

32(31%)

44(43%)

16(16%)

5(5%)

5(5%)

2.09

1.055

31. I want to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese very well.

78(77%)

22(22%)

0(0%)

1(1%)

1(1%)

1.28

0.619

32. I would like to have Mandarin Chinese speaking friends.

44(43%)

44(43%)

44(43%)

44(43%)

44(43%)

44(43%)

44(43%)

  1. 1-Strongly Agree; 2- Agree; 3-Neither Agree nor Disagree; 4-Disagree; 5-Strongly Disagree; M Mean, S.D. Std Dev