出版社：Australian Institutes for Educational Research
摘要：The purpose of the present study is to investigate the influence of Iranian EFL learners’previously acquired capitals on their foreign language achievement. For this purpose, theSocial and Cultural Capital Questionnaire (SCCQ) and Emotional Capital Questionnaire(ECQ) were administered to 403 participants. Application of structural equationmodeling showed that social, cultural, and emotional capitals significantly predict theachievement of the language learners within an Iranian context. Regarding the predictivepower of capitals, all the three forms of capital had a medium effect in predicting L2achievement; however, emotional capital was a stronger predictor of L2 achievementthan social capital, followed by cultural capital. Likewise, the comparable predictivepowers of subcomponents of social, cultural, and emotional capital were examined.Conclusions are drawn concerning the pedagogical implications of the results and areasfor further research.
