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Direct linkShedivy, Sandra L. – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2004
The major purpose of this study was to explore, in a phenomenological tradition, factors that lead some students to persist in foreign language study past the usual 2 years in high school. Factors that have been prevalent in the literature include language aptitude, motivation, grades, intellectual and cultural curiosity, language learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
