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Accessing a Global Community through L2 Learning: A Comparative Study on the Relevance of International Posture to EFL and LOTE Students
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Riccardo Amorati – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Due to the 'global English bias' in the field of L2 motivation, many motivational constructs have been primarily investigated in relation to learners of English. One of these, international posture, has been recently found to hold some relevance to LOTE students. Despite this, no research has examined comparatively similarities and differences in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students
Learning Experience Reigns -- Taiwanese Learners' Motivation in Learning Eight Additional Languages as Compared to English
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Huang, Shu-Chen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
Informed by Dörnyei's L2 Motivational Self System and intended to fill a gap in learning motivation research on languages other than English (LOTEs), this study investigated learners' motivation for three language clusters -- Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Thai and Malay), Northeast Asian (Japanese and Korean) and European (German, Spanish and…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Relationship of Intercultural Contact and Language Learning Motivation among Hungarian Students of English and German
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Csizer, Kata; Kormos, Judit – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008
In this paper we report the results of a questionnaire survey conducted with 1777 Hungarian primary school children aged between 13 and 14 studying English and German. In our research we investigated the differences in the motivational and intercultural contact measures as well as determinants of motivated behaviour between learners of English and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, German, Native Speakers