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Hendrix, Kimberly; Musyoka, Millicent – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
This is a qualitative case study on the motivation to learn American Sign Language (ASL) by hearing students at a community college in the United States. Nine ASL students, attending a community college in North Carolina, were interviewed about their primary motivations for learning ASL. Eight motivation categories emerged from the data. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Motivation, Community Colleges, American Sign Language
Chiesa, Bruno Della, Ed.; Scott, Jessica, Ed.; Hinton, Christina, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2012
The rise of globalisation makes language competencies more valuable, both at individual and societal levels. This book examines the links between globalisation and the way we teach and learn languages. It begins by asking why some individuals are more successful than others at learning non-native languages, and why some education systems, or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach, Motivation