한국어 학습자의 성취목표지향성과 자기효능감 관계 분석 연구

A Study of Achievement Goal Orientation and Self-efficacy among Korean Language Learners

Language learners’ achievement goal orientation and self-efficacy have been one of the important factors determining their persistence and efforts in their language learning. This study analyzes a total of 1091 Korean language learners in order to examine whether their ages, cultural background, and their mastery in Korean language affect their achievement goal orientation and self-efficacy. With respect to the cultural background, the learners from Japan turn out to show a lower degree of achievement goal orientation and self-efficacy. And the learners at the introductory level show a significantly higher degree of achievement goal orientation and self-efficacy than the learners at the intermediate and the advanced level, respectively. In examining the effect of achievement goal orientation on self-efficacy, it is found that performance-approach and mastery-approach have a positive effect on self-efficacy whereas performance-avoidance and mastery-avoidance have a negative effect. Specifically, the orientation toward mastery-approach explains a significantly larger portion of the change in self-efficacy. In order for Korean language learners to enlarge their self-efficacy, therefore, it seems necessary to create the classroom environment where they can facilitate their orientation toward their mastery-approach. (Yonsei University)