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The relationship between Chinese university students’ learning preparation and learning achievement within the EFL blended teaching context in COVID-19 post-epidemic era: The mediating effect of learning methods

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  • Meng Hua
  • Lin Wang

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The effectiveness of the blended teaching model in improving university students’ English learning achievement has been frequently reported in China in the post-pandemic era. However, such research has seldom explored the students’ entire EFL (English as a foreign language) learning process and mechanism from the perspective of learners within this model. This study therefore used the 3P (presage, process and product) teaching and learning theory to explore the mediating role of learning methods (i.e., learning engagement and academic procrastination) in the relationship between learning preparation (i.e., academic self-concept and course experience) and learning achievement within the Chinese EFL blended teaching context from the perspective of learners. In this study, 942 Chinese university students (male: N = 447; female: N = 495) participated in a survey and completed electronic questionnaires on EFL-related academic self-concept, learning engagement, academic procrastination, and learning achievement. The data were analyzed using AMOS software and a structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. The results showed that both students’ academic self-concept and course experience directly and positively predicted their English learning achievement. Moreover, students’ academic self-concept of learning achievement was partially mediated by learning engagement and academic procrastination, whereas the effect of course experience on learning achievement was fully mediated by learning engagement and academic procrastination. After discussing these findings, suggestions as well as limitations for future studies will be given.

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  • Meng Hua & Lin Wang, 2023. "The relationship between Chinese university students’ learning preparation and learning achievement within the EFL blended teaching context in COVID-19 post-epidemic era: The mediating effect of learn," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(1), pages 1-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0280919
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280919
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