Academic Help Seeking Behaviours Of Efl University Students In Relation to Achievement And Year Of Study

The objectives of this research were to find out the differences of (1) EFL university
students’ help seeking behaviours and attitude towards assignment in different level of
student GPA and (2) EFL university students’ help seeking behaviours and perception of
classroom social climate in different students’ year of study. This ex-post facto research
applied cluster random sampling technique taking three classes in English Department
Undergraduate Program, State University of Makassar as the subject of this research. The
data were collected by using questionnaires and interview. The results of this research
showed that (1) the differences existed in all examined aspects of the students’ help seeking
behaviours; their orientation to seek help (instrumental, executive, and avoidance), and
their attitude towards assignments; their belief (expectancy and value belief), and their
goal orientation in doing assignments (mastery, performance, and work avoidance), except
their help seeking initiative and controlling emotion in terms of students’ GPA, and (2) the
differences existed in all examined aspects of the students’ help seeking behaviours; their
orientation to seek help (executive help seeking and help seeking avoidance), and their
perception of classroom social climate in terms of their peer participation, except their
instrumental help seeking, help seeking initiative, and classmates’ helpfulness in terms of
students’ year of study. The researcher concluded that (1) there are differences in EFL
university students’ help seeking behaviours and attitude towards assignments in terms of
students’ GPA. The students’ help seeking behaviours have association with the students’
attitude towards assignments and the students’ achievement (GPA). The higher GPA of the
students, the more adaptive their help seeking behaviours and the more positive their
attitude toward assignments, and (2) there are differences in EFL university students’ help
seeking behaviours and perception of classroom social climate in terms of students’ year of
study. The students’ help seeking behaviours have association with the classroom social
climate and the students’ year of study.