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The growing internationalisation of higher education is closely intertwined with English-medium instruction (EMI), that is, non-philological study programmes conducted in English in non-English-speaking countries. Although EMI is attributed numerous strengths, such as advancement of English language skills, a matter of concern is the sufficiency of students’ English language proficiency for fruitful engagement in EMI. This …

Expectancy value approaches in motivation research suggest that learners will engage in an activity if they expect to succeed in it. Attribution theory suggests that attributions, or perceived causes of learner outcomes, can influence the development of expectancy beliefs of future academic success among learners. Causal attributions, or the reasons to which individuals subjectively attribute …