Self-efficacy Beliefs and Language Learners’ Perceptions of Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication for Second Language Learning

A number of individual learner variables have been found to affect second language learning (Gass and Selinker 2001; Long 1996; Skehan 1998). Among these variables, Bandura’s Social Cognitive theory of learning identifies self-efficacy beliefs, or “personal judgements of performance capabilities in...

The International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies

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