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The Effects of Teachers’ Motivational Strategies on Learners’ Motivation: A Controlled Investigation of Second Language Acquisition
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Moskovsky, Christo; Alrabai, Fakieh; Paolini, Stefania; Ratcheva, Silvia – Language Learning, 2013
While consensus exists about the critical role of learners’ motivation in second language acquisition, controlled investigations of the effects of teachers’ motivational strategies are limited. The research reported here used a quasi-experimental design to assess the effects of motivational strategies used by Saudi English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Second Language Learning
A Self System Perspective on Young Adolescents' Motivation to Learn English in Urban and Rural Settings
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Lamb, Martin – Language Learning, 2012
This study examined the motivation to learn English of Indonesian junior high school pupils, 13-14 years of age, in three distinct contexts: a metropolitan city, a provincial town, and a rural district. Utilizing Dornyei's second language (L2) Motivational Self System as the theoretical framework, this study employed a 50-item questionnaire to…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Attitudes, Orientations, and Motivations in Language Learning: Advances in Theory, Research, and Applications.
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Dornyei, Zoltan – Language Learning, 2003
Provides an overview of recent advances in research on motivation to learn a foreign or second language (L2) and to create the theoretical context of the articles contained in this special issue of the journal. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Research, Learning Motivation
Learning Spanish as a Second Language: Learners' Orientations and Perceptions of Their Teachers' Communication Style.
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Noels, Kimberly A. – Language Learning, 2001
Students in lower-level Spanish classes completed a questionnaire assessing intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for learning Spanish, feelings of autonomy and competence in language learning, integrative orientation, and perceptions of teachers' communication style. Results of a path analysis showed that the more controlling the teacher was…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Questionnaires, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Why Are You Learning a Second Language? Motivational Orientations and Self-Determination Theory.
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Noels, Kimberly A.; Pelletier, Luc G.; Clement, Richard; Vallerand, Robert J. – Language Learning, 2003
Examined self-determination theory (SDT) in the language learning context. Involved the development of a valid and reliable instrument to assess different subtypes of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and explored the link between these motivational sub-types and various orientations to language learning. Showed instrumental orientation and the…
Descriptors: College Students, English, French, Higher Education
Language Learners Motivational Profiles and Their Motivated Learning Behavior
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Csizer, Kata; Dornyei, Zoltan – Language Learning, 2005
The aim of the present study is to define and describe second language L2 learners' motivational profiles by means of a statistical procedure that is relatively rarely used in L2 studies: cluster analysis. To achieve this aim, 5 broad dimensions of students' motivational and attitudinal dispositions toward 5 different L2s were measured and…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning
Orientations and Motivation in the Acquisition of English as a Second Language Among High School Students in Quebec City.
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Belmechri, Faiza; Hummel, Kirsten – Language Learning, 1998
Investigated the emergence of orientations and their relation to motivation in a predominantly monolingual context. Participants were 93 Quebec City francophone Grade 11 high school students learning English as a Second Language. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 11, High Schools