Student resilience and motivation during the pandemic: Lessons from a study into adult ESOL

• Kathryn Sidaway ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Warwick

     University of Warwick

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: New seeds for a world to come: policies, practices and lives in adult education and learning: Proceedings of the 10th ESREA Triennial Conference University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education 29 September- 1 October 2022 / coord. por Laura Formenti, Andrea Galimberti, Gaia Del Negro, 2023, ISBN 978-88-5526-918-6, págs. 349-355
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper reports on research conducted with English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) learners and teachersduring the academic year 2020/21. The study aimed to discover the reasons adults enrol on ESOL courses at the (pre)intermediatelevel in England and how their motivation was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Data were collected through an online studentsurvey (n72) and individual teacher interviews (n17), using self-determination theory as a basis for analysis. The results suggestthat motivation was impacted by the students’ response to the changes in learning spaces and the support they received fromteachers and peers.