Expanding the Motivation Construct in Language Learning.

Tremblay, Paul F.; Gardner, Robert C.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Expanding the Motivation Construct in Language Learning.

Tremblay, Paul F.; Gardner, Robert C.

Modern Language Journal, v79 n4 p505-18 Win 1995

This study investigated the relationship among new measures of motivation, such as persistence, attention, and goal specificity, and existing measures of motivation and achievement in 75 students enrolled in a francophone secondary school in Ontario. It concluded that these new motivational measures add to the understanding of the effects of motivation on language learning. Contains 44 references. (MDM)

Descriptors: Attention, Foreign Countries, French, Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation, Models, Persistence, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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