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Lamb, Martin – Language Learning, 2012
This study examined the motivation to learn English of Indonesian junior high school pupils, 13-14 years of age, in three distinct contexts: a metropolitan city, a provincial town, and a rural district. Utilizing Dornyei's second language (L2) Motivational Self System as the theoretical framework, this study employed a 50-item questionnaire to…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Clement, Richard; Kruidenier, Bastian G. – Language Learning, 1983
A study attempting to disambiguate earlier research on personality orientations and second language learning assessed the influence of ethnicity (English v. French), milieu (unicultural v. multicultural), and target second language (French, English, or Spanish) on the emergence of eighth graders' orientations toward the second language learning…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, English, Ethnicity
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Olshtain, Elite; And Others – Language Learning, 1990
Reports on a multivariate study that examined the contribution of two independent variables--cognitive/academic proficiency in first language and attitudes and motivation toward English as a foreign language--on success in English as a foreign language in culturally different learners. (27 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis