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Encouraging Continued University Foreign Language Study: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Programme Growth

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Davis, William S. – Language Learning Journal, 2022

Between 2006 and 2016, American universities experienced a significant decrease in student enrolment in foreign language (FL) courses. This decrease corresponded with the dissolution of over 650 foreign language programmes between 2013 and 2016. Using self-determination theory (SDT) as its theoretical framework, this study sought to advocate for…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Language Enrollment

The Concept of Learning Japanese: Explaining Why Successful Students of Japanese Discontinue Japanese Studies at the Transition to Tertiary Education

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Oshima, Ryoko; Harvey, Sharon – Language Learning Journal, 2017

Student attrition and falling tertiary education enrolments afflict languages education across the "inner circle" English speaking world. In the southern hemisphere, in New Zealand and Australia, Japanese has become one of the most successful languages of education. However, numbers of students are now declining. This paper examines why…

Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students