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Orientations and Motivation in the Acquisition of English as a Second Language Among High School Students in Quebec City.
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Belmechri, Faiza; Hummel, Kirsten – Language Learning, 1998
Investigated the emergence of orientations and their relation to motivation in a predominantly monolingual context. Participants were 93 Quebec City francophone Grade 11 high school students learning English as a Second Language. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 11, High Schools
The Social Psychology of Second Language Learning: Another Point of View.
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Genesee, Fred; And Others – Language Learning, 1983
English-speaking Canadian students were asked why they were learning French and why French-speaking Canadians wanted them to learn it, and the results were compared with their language proficiency and use. Students' expectations of motivational support from the French-Canadian community was a significant and sometimes unique predictor of…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Expectation, Foreign Countries, French
Intensive Second Language Study: Effects on Attitudes, Motivation and French Achievement.
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Gardner, R. C.; Smythe, P. C. – Language Learning, 1977
A study was conducted to examine the changes in students' attitudes, motivation and French achievement during a five-week, residential, summer program. Sixty-two students were administered a battery of attitude and motivation tests as well as a test of oral French proficiency prior to, and upon completion of, the course. (CFM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Language Instruction