The Interrelationships Between Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language Teachers’ Immediacy and Clarity with Learners’ Boredom

Since boredom significantly contributes to diminished motivation among learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), there is a need to identify factors that influence boredom. Amidst various elements that can precipitate students’ boredom, educational-related concepts have garnered particular at...

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Veröffentlicht in:Perceptual and motor skills 2024-10, Vol.131 (5), p.1934-1957
Hauptverfasser: Xu, Jieping, Pan, Yuehong, Derakhshan, Ali
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Zusammenfassung:Since boredom significantly contributes to diminished motivation among learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), there is a need to identify factors that influence boredom. Amidst various elements that can precipitate students’ boredom, educational-related concepts have garnered particular attention, with the learning environment emerging as a chief focal point due to its consequential importance to learners. Specifically, the role of teachers’ clarity and immediacy in manipulating learners’ performance, enthusiasm, and involvement has been widely recognized. Consequently, in this study, we scrutinized the impact of EFL teachers’ immediacy and clarity in mitigating learners’ boredom. To this end, we collected data from 383 Chinese students through the administration of three scales measuring their perceptions of teacher clarity, teacher immediacy, and learners’ boredom. We identified significant associations between teachers’ clarity and immediacy and learners’ boredom. In Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis, both teacher immediacy and clarity were robust predictors of students’ boredom, with about 48% of the variance in students’ boredom accounted for by teachers’ immediacy, and 53% of this variance attributed to teachers’ clarity. We elaborate upon the implications of these findings in our discussion.
ISSN:0031-5125
1558-688X
1558-688X
DOI:10.1177/00315125241272524