THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFL STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT ACROSS TASK-BASED READING LESSONS
Tập 135 Số 6B (2026), Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
Tập 135 Số 6B (2026)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFL STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT ACROSS TASK-BASED READING LESSONS

Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
https://doi.org/10.26459/hueunijssh.v135i6B.8251
Đã xuất bản 2026-07-29
Thi Minh Ngoc Nguyen
Hue University of Foreign Languages and International Studies, Hue University
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Từ khóa

gắn kết hành vi
giảng dạy theo hướng nhiệm vụ
kỹ năng đọc behavioral engagement
task-based language teaching
reading skill

Tóm tắt

Sustaining students’ behavioral engagement across lessons remains a challenge in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. This study investigates how EFL students’ behavioral engagement develops across a sequence of task-based reading lessons and identifies key indicators of this engagement. Adopting a longitudinal mixed-methods design, data were collected from 66 Vietnamese university students through repeated questionnaires and follow-up interviews across five reading tasks. Quantitative results revealed a significant upward trend in behavioral engagement over time, with engagement increasing after the initial tasks and remaining high in later ones. Qualitative analysis identified three interrelated indicators of behavioral engagement: sustained focus, persistent task completion, and context-sensitive fluctuations in effort. The findings indicate that behavioral engagement is dynamic and develops through repeated task participation rather than remaining a fixed learner characteristic. The study highlights the value of structured and well-sequenced task-based language teaching (TBLT) in supporting sustained behavioral engagement in EFL classrooms

https://doi.org/10.26459/hueunijssh.v135i6B.8251
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