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The Dynamics of Language Learning Attitudes and Motivation: Lessons from an Interview Study of Dyslexic Language Learners
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Csizer, Kata; Kormos, Judit; Sarkadi, Agnes – Modern Language Journal, 2010
The aim of our study was to provide an insider's account of the dynamics of language learning motivation in Hungarian students with dyslexia. For this purpose, we conducted qualitative interviews with 15 students who studied foreign languages in a variety of educational settings. In this article, we drew up a dynamic model of language learning…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning Motivation, Social Environment, Second Language Learning
Systems of Goals, Attitudes, and Self-Related Beliefs in Second-Language-Learning Motivation
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Kormos, Judit; Kiddle, Thom; Csizer, Kata – Applied Linguistics, 2011
In the present study, we surveyed the English language-learning motivations of 518 secondary school students, university students, and young adult learners in the capital of Chile, Santiago. We applied multi-group structural-equation modeling to analyze how language-learning goals, attitudes, self-related beliefs, and parental encouragement…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Secondary School Students, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries
"Great Expectations:" The Motivational Profile of Hungarian English Language Students
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Kormos, Judit; Csizer, Kata; Menyhart, Adrienn; Torok, Dora – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2008
In this article we investigate what characterizes the language learning motivation of Hungarian English language students in terms of Dornyei and Otto's process model of motivation ("Motivation in Action," 1998). We used a mixed-method research design, in which qualitative interviews conducted with 20 students were supplemented with…
Descriptors: Research Design, Learning Motivation, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries
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
An Interview Study of Inter-Cultural Contact and Its Role in Language Learning in a Foreign Language Environment
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Kormos, Judit; Csizer, Kata – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2007
The research reported in this paper investigates what types of inter-cultural contact Hungarian schoolchildren have, what kind of language-related attitudes they can give account of and how they see the role of contact situations in affecting their attitudinal and motivational dispositions towards the L2, the L2 speaking communities and the…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)