Attitudinal Motivation in Language Learning and Student Engagement: The Mediating Effect of Effective Teaching

Ian Jay C. Sunio and Marilou Y. Limpot*

Master of Arts in Education- Teaching Filipino Program Professional Schools, University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines

*Corresponding author: uoliramtopmil@gmail.com 

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the mediating effect of effective teaching on attitudinal motivation in language learning and student engagement. A descriptive correlational survey was used in this quantitative investigation. Stratified random sampling was also used to determine the number of respondents. As a result, it was administered to 308 respondents who took Filipino subjects in the second semester of the Academic Year 2019-2020 at a private university in the city of Koronadal. A Google Form was utilized to gather data, and the following statistical tools: mean and standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, and Sobel z test, as well as a mediation technique, were used. According to the findings, respondents exhibited a high level of attitudinal motivation to learn a language. Also, the study demonstrates that the respondents frequently displayed high levels of student engagement in various areas. Surprisingly, the university's Filipino teachers have been acknowledged as having a high level of effective teaching. There was also a significant association found between the variables in this investigation. As a result of this significant association, effective teaching has been discovered to partially mediate between students' attitudinal motivation in language learning and student engagement. 

Keywords

attitudinal motivation in language learning, student engagement, effective teaching, mediating effect, Philippines.

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