L2 motivation in foreign language learning

dc.creator	Ko-Yin Sung
dc.date	2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:10:15Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:10:15Z
dc.identifier	1305-578X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e6051d51acfe4fb9be551cffdd56f969
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13482
dc.description	This study, which involved 130 US fourth to ninth graders enrolled in Chinese as a foreign language classrooms,intended to test Dörnyei’s L2 Motivation Self System and the seven motivational constructs identified in hisprevious study, and investigate whether the constructs found in this study differ based on the following differences:(a) gender, (b) grade level, and (c) starting age of learning a foreign language. This study found four motivationalconstructs: instrumentality-dominant, attitudes toward the L2 speaker/community-dominant, learners’ perceptionof their parents’ proficiency in Chinese, and milieu. In addition, this study found a significant interactive effectbetween grade level and starting age of learning a foreign language. The younger learners in the foreign languagelate starter group perceived their parents as having higher proficiency in Chinese than how the older learners inthe late starter group perceived their parents.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
dc.relation	http://www.jlls.org/vol9no2/19-30.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-578X
dc.source	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 19-30 (2013)
dc.subject	L2 motivation
dc.subject	L2 Motivation Self System
dc.subject	age differences
dc.subject	foreign language learning
dc.subject	Chinese
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	L2 motivation in foreign language learning
dc.type	article