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Why Do Chinese College Students Learn ESP: An Analysis of Language Learning Motivations within SDT Framework
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Liu, Liangxing – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study mainly investigates the motivational characteristics of Chinese college students learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP). By critically examining and comparing Gardner's (1985) Integrative-Instrumental model and the Self-determination Theory (SDT) by Deci and Ryan(1985), the researcher finds out that the latter one is more…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, English for Special Purposes