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Motivating Bilingual and Semibilingual University Students of Japanese: An Analysis of Language Learning Persistence and Intensity Among Students from Immigrant Backgrounds.

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Kondo, Kimi – Foreign Language Annals, 1999

Interviews with "Shin Nisei," new second-generation Japanese, university students reveal how strongly motivation influences persistence in taking Japanese courses and the intensity with which these students use Japanese outside the classroom. The discussion stresses problems facing Shin Nisei students in traditional college foreign-language…

Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, College Students, Heritage Education

Motivational Orientations and Second Learner Variables of East Asian Language Learners in the United States.

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Yang, Jean Sook Ryu – Foreign Language Annals, 2003

College Students enrolled in East Asian language classes were surveyed about their language learning motivational orientations (MOs). MOs were classified and measured on seven subscales; integrative, instrumental, heritage-related, travel, interest, school-related, and language use. Learners were highly influenced by interest, language use, and…

Descriptors: College Students, Graduation Requirements, Heritage Education, Higher Education