Gender Differences Between Japanese High School Students’ Speaking Self-Efficacy and Their Speaking Proficiency

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This study examines the relationships between Japanese high school students’ speaking self-efficacy and speaking performance from a different perspective. Two types of self-persuasion, instructional and motivational cues (Hatzigeorgiadis et al., 2008), were employed to assess the impacts on speaking self-efficacy across genders in delayed tests. The results showed that males rely more on instructional cues while females on motivational ones. Moreover, independent samples t-tests revealed that significant gender difference exists in out-of-class self-efficacy. Lastly, possessing higher self-efficacy could help students maintain speaking proficiency. Future pedagogical implications are discussed based on the results.

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  • LET Kyushu-Okinawa BULLETIN

    LET Kyushu-Okinawa BULLETIN 23 (0), 1-14, 2023-03-01

    The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter

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