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Chapter 5
STUDY TWO
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Based on the findings of Study One, Study Two aimed to explore Hungarian
secondary school students’ extramural English habits and perceptions ofand
attitudes toward the benefits of extramural English activities in EFL learning.
The main research instrument for this study was a self-constructed question¬
naire. The choice of adopting the quantitative research paradigm at this stage
was motivated by the fact that the quantitative paradigm allows for collecting
a large amount of data which can be later compared with the results of other
data collected quantitatively (cf. Study Three, detailed in Chapter 6).
The research design of Study Two was guided by four main research ques¬
tions and some related sub-questions:
RQ2 What are Hungarian secondary school students’ perceptions of
extramural English activities in EFL learning?
RQ4 How do extramural English activities affect Hungarian secondary
school EFL learners’ various individual learner differences?
RQ4.1 What characterizes Hungarian secondary school students’ L2 learn¬
ing motivation?
RQ4.2 What characterizes Hungarian secondary school students’ L2 anx¬
iety?
RQ4.3 What characterizes Hungarian secondary school students’ L2 will¬
ingness to communicate?
RQ5 What are Hungarian secondary school EFL teachers’ and students’
perceptions of EFL students’ various individual differences?
RQ6 What impact do the various EE activities and various individual
differences have on Hungarian secondary school students’ in-school
motivated learning behavior and extramural motivated language
use?
5.1 PARTICIPANTS
Study Two aimed to examine Hungarian secondary school students’ EE inter¬
ests. The participants of the study were 325 Hungarian secondary school
students who were recruited by using convenience sampling mixed with snow¬
ball sampling methods. The age of the participants ranged from 14 to 20, and
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