A STUDY ON VIETNAMESE STUDENTS’ SELF-EFFICACY IN CHINESE AS A SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A CASE STUDY OF ENGLISH MAJORS AT BANKING UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY
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This article aims to study the self-efficacy of Vietnamese students in Chinese as a second foreign language. Based on the results of a questionnaire survey of 162 students majoring in English at the Faculty of Foreign Languages – Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, this article found that: Firstly, Vietnamese students have a high sense of self-efficacy in learning Chinese as a second foreign language; Secondly, there is no significant difference in Chinese learning self-efficacy between male students and female students; Thirdly, there is no significant difference in Chinese learning self-efficacy between students from the city and students from the countryside; Fourthly, there is no significant difference in Chinese learning self-efficacy between students of different grades; Fifthly, there is a positive correlation between the Chinese learning self-efficacy of students and their Chinese achievement.
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Chinese, self-efficacy, second foreign language
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