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Kormos, Judit; Csizér, Kata; Iwaniec, Janina – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
The mixed-method study presented in this paper investigates the changes in direct and indirect intercultural contact and language-learning attitudes and effort of international students in the United Kingdom. Seventy international learners of English were asked to fill in a questionnaire three times during one academic year in an international…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Language Research, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
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Ryan, Stephen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
This article has emerged from a large-scale, nationwide attitudinal study (n=2397) into the motivation of learners of English in Japan, which initially found that enjoyment of the learning experience seemed to be the major factor in the motivation of English learners. However, subsequent examination of the data revealed several incongruities in…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries