INCORPORATING THE “DIZI GUI” INTO EFL CLASSROOMS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS: A STUDY ON SELF-REGULATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Nguyen Thi Anh Thu

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It is important to foster EFL young learners’ self-regulation in learning. This descriptive study investigates the effects of incorporating the Dizi Gui (Standards for being a good pupil and child) on EFL young learners’ self-regulation and discovers young learners’ attitudes towards the incorporation. A 51-item questionnaire was administered to 100 young learners at a center for foreign languages in a central city of Mekong Delta, and 6 of them participated in the semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data from the questionnaire were analyzed in terms of mean, while qualitative data from interviews were analyzed by the thematic analysis approach. Given the questionnaire mean score obtained of M=3.52, the results show that young learners self-regulate at an under-average level of frequency in their learning process. Interviewees expressed their agreements, preferences, and dislikes towards the incorporating of the Dizi Gui, as well as suggested more involving classroom activities. On the obtained findings, pedagogical implications are addressed, and suggestions for further research are presented.

 

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self-regulation, learning strategies, the Dizi Gui, young learners, second language acquisition

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