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Carreira, Junko Matsuzaki – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
This study examined Japanese elementary school students' motivational orientations for learning English as a foreign language (EFL) and fundamental psychological needs from a self-determination theory perspective, exploring the relations between motivational orientations (e.g., intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, introjected regulation,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Psychological Needs, Student Motivation, Factor Analysis
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Sakai, Hideki; Kikuchi, Keita – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
Demotivation is a relatively new issue in the field of second language (L2) motivation. In this study, we review previous studies that investigated demotivation of learners of English in order to identify common demotivating factors and report a survey study which explored demotivating factors for Japanese high school students. A 35-item…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Student Motivation, Factor Analysis, Educational Facilities
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Mori, Setsuko; Gobel, Peter – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
In the field of SLA, there have been various attempts to define second language learning motivation and to discover relationships between motivation and gender. Using two well-known motivational models: Expectancy-value theory, and Gardner's Socio-educational model, the present study sought to (1) first define foreign language learning motivation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Predictor Variables, Learning Motivation