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Xian Li; Jiying Han – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Taking the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) model as its theoretical basis, this study aimed to extend knowledge of the learning motivation of Korean language learners. A survey questionnaire was administered to 967 Korean language learners at 28 universities in China to investigate their motivation for learning the Korean language and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Korean, College Students
Gi-Pyo Park; Youn Seon Lim – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Self-efficacy, motivation, and learning strategies are crucial in second/foreign language (L2) acquisition and general learning. However, we are not sure yet the unique or combined contributions of self-efficacy to learning strategies by way of instrumental and integrative motivation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
Amina Bashir; Aamir Aziz; Muhammad Imran; Norah Almusharraf – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2025
With technological advancement, multimodality has received paramount importance in teaching and learning. Different technology-based assistance is available nowadays, and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is one of them. It uses computer-based tools, materials, resources, and information to assist second language learning. Motivation…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Intention
Hiromi Nishioka – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2024
With rapid globalization, it is an urgent task for universities in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context to provide practical English education. Particularly, one that enables students to participate in the global society as well as the global business market. The challenge for these universities is to achieve this goal with limited class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jian-E Peng; Liyi Wu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs) has been underrepresented in second language (L2) motivation research. This study investigated and compared the motivational profiles of first-year and second-year students majoring in Spanish, grounded on the proposition of bifurcating ideal and ought selves into "Own" and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Ya Nan Wang; Hui Min Low – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The expanding use of social media has the potential to enhance the quality of English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction and learning. The purpose of this online survey-based study was to investigate the mediating effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for reading English social media text among 348 Chinese undergraduate EFL learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students
Yea-Ru Tsai – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2024
In recent years, gamification has appeared to be an enjoyable and appealing instructional approach in educational settings. This paper reports the implementation and evaluation of gamified instruction to support learners of English as a foreign language in a linguistics course. Several gamification elements, such as experience points, badges,…
Descriptors: Gamification, Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Learner Engagement
Keblawi, Faris – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2022
Tests are an integral part of most formal language learning processes, exerting far-reaching effects on many aspects of language learning. Among other things, tests affect language learning motivation (LLM), an element that is fundamental to many learning contexts. However, little attention has been paid to how tests affect LLM and what the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Student Motivation, Arabic, Second Language Learning
Gilbert Dizon – The EUROCALL Review, 2024
Video streaming is a common social practice in modern society, especially among today's youth. Many people are also using these services as a resource for informal learning. However, few studies have examined the use of video streaming for self-directed foreign language (FL) learning beyond the classroom. The present study addresses this research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Video Technology, Informal Education, Second Language Learning
Meihua Liu – SAGE Open, 2023
Guided by the complex dynamic systems theory, the present study explored university students' dynamic motivation to learn Chinese as a second language and its interaction with their learning experiences during a semester while studying in China. The study was conducted in a state-owned university in China and collected data at two time points of…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Chinese, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
Saifon Songsiengchai – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2025
The study aimed to (i) explore the effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models like Chat GPT to facilitate English language learning among Thai students in Higher education and (ii) compare the English Language Learning effectiveness among Thai Students after implementing artificial intelligence (AI) like Chat GPT to facilitate English…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Preservice Teachers
Mayumi, Kayoko; Zheng, Ying – Language Learning Journal, 2023
This study explored the language learning motivation of a small group of five university students in the UK through the constructs of Dornyei's L2 Motivational Self System and Henry's notion of 'the ideal multilingual self'. The five participants, all successful language learners at school, chose to specialise in modern languages at university and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
Yanhong Ma – SAGE Open, 2025
Research on language motivation has tended to focus on the phenomena of demotivation and remotivation in the English classroom. This study utilized Q methodology to analyze the dynamics of demotivation and remotivation among 15 Chinese university students during their English learning process from primary school to senior middle school. Informed…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Student Motivation, Q Methodology, College Students
Mao Zhao; Ting Li; Yating Yu; Kuen Fung Sin; En Zheng – SAGE Open, 2025
In the sphere of second or foreign language (L2) pedagogy, empirical evidence has increasingly spotlighted the role of learners' metacognitive strategies as formidable predictors of their willingness to engage in L2 communication (WTC). Nonetheless, the interrelationship among learners' metacognitive strategies, self-efficacy, and intrinsic…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Language Usage, Communication (Thought Transfer), Self Efficacy
Hung Tzu Huang; Hsin Yu Chan – Modern Language Journal, 2024
This study responds to calls to reexamine the L2 motivational self system framework in order to understand motivations to learn languages other than English. Specifically, we explore Indigenous Taiwanese students' heritage language learning motivation from a possible selves perspective. Following work on the rooted L2 self, the construct of the…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Indigenous Populations, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation