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标题：An Application of a Questionnaire of Social and Cultural Capital to English Language Learning
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作者：Reza Pishghadam ; Mohsen Noghani ; Reza Zabihi 等
期刊名称：English Language Teaching
印刷版ISSN：1916-4742
电子版ISSN：1916-4750
出版年度：2011
卷号：4
期号：3
页码：151
DOI：10.5539/elt.v4n3p151
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：The aim of this study was to find out the relationship between EFL students’ social as well as cultural capital and their foreign language achievement, using Bourdieu’s theories in the sociology of education as frames of reference. To this end, the Social and Cultural Capital Questionnaire (SCCQ) was administered to 128 EFL learners majoring in English language. The Multiple Linear Regression Analysis was performed to analyze the data. Social and cultural capital data were matched with university students’ academic records in language proficiency courses. Results indicated that cultural competence was the best predictor of the listening skill, whereas speaking, reading, writing, grammar, and the total GPA were mostly predicted by students’ diploma GPA and literacy, the two factors which are related to cultural capital. Finally, statistical results were discussed, and implications were provided in the context of English language teaching.