A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GRADES 4, 5, AND 6 STUDENTS’ SELF-EFFICACY, LEARNING SITUATION ATTITUDE AND MOTIVATION IN CHINESE LANGUAGE CLASS AT A DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL IN BANGKOK, THAILAND

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Jiayuan Li
Orlando González

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The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to determine the levels of self-efficacy, learning situation attitude, and motivation in Chinese language class held by Grades 4 to 6 students at a demonstration school in Thailand, and (b) to perform statistical comparisons of these variables, using the students’ school grade as grouping factor. A population sample of 35 students from Grade 4, 14 students from Grade 5, and 22 students from Grade 6, enrolled in the target demonstration school during the academic year 2024-2025, participated in this study. For the data collection, three questionnaires were used to collect data on participants’ self-efficacy, learning situation attitude, and motivation in Chinese language class.


From performing descriptive statistics on the collected data, it was found that the overall levels of self-efficacy and motivation in Chinese Language class held by Grades 4, 5, and 6 students at the target school were slightly high, while their learning situation attitude was slightly positive. From the quantitative comparative analysis, it was found that there were no significant differences in self-efficacy, learning situation attitude, or motivation in Chinese language class among Grade 4, 5, and 6 students. Based on the research findings, recommendations for students, Chinese language teachers, and future researchers are provided.

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Jiayuan Li, & Orlando González. (2025). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GRADES 4, 5, AND 6 STUDENTS’ SELF-EFFICACY, LEARNING SITUATION ATTITUDE AND MOTIVATION IN CHINESE LANGUAGE CLASS AT A DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL IN BANGKOK, THAILAND. วารสารบวรสหการศึกษาและมนุษยสังคมศาสตร์, 6(3), 164–177. สืบค้น จาก https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JOB_EHS/article/view/289719
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