Adult minority language learning: motivation, identity and target variety

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Catherine L. Caldwell-Harris
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Language Learning Motivation

scholarly journals Chinese Learners of Portuguese and Spanish Majors in Macau: A Comparative Case-Study of Motivation Aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Oksana Kharlay ◽  
Martin Bagheri ◽  
Jeremy D. Philips
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Language Community ◽  
Language Learning Motivation ◽  
Chinese Learners ◽  
Integrative Motivation

This study investigated multiple learning motivation aspects of Chinese university students in Macau majoring in Spanish and Portuguese. A mixed methods research was employed by using questionnaires and interviews. 181 learners (96 Portuguese and 85 Spanish majors) were surveyed about ten language-learning motivation dimensions by using a questionnaire. A subset of participants from questionnaires were later given follow-up interviews. Quantitative and qualitative data indicated that the students in these majors had strong intrinsic motivation but limited integrative motivation towards the target language community. Other motivational pull-factors were the heritage connection between the language and the place of study and interest in the pop-culture associated related to the target language. Students reported a decline in motivation during the middle years of study, however, Spanish students’ interest resurged by the end of year three. There was also a gender imbalance, suggesting that career-related aspects of motivations were stronger among males. The results also revealed that language learners had an ideal-self that was multilingual and cosmopolitan but did not aspire to integrate into a specific target-language community.

scholarly journals Forging new pathways for research on language learning motivation

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Françoise Raby
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Cognitive Ergonomics ◽  
Language Learning Motivation ◽  
Methodological Difficulties

Abstract Research on motivation in the field of applied linguistics seeks to better understand how and why learners become involved in learning activities and maintain their efforts in this regard. Dörnyei provided a seminal model drawing essentially from cognitive and social psychology (Dörnyei, 2001). In the wake of his reflection, and after investigating motivation in a range of academic contexts, we are now able to present our own model, which is dynamic, weighted, and polytomic (Raby, 2007). After presenting cognitive ergonomics as a new pathway for research in second language acquisition, we shall present the results of our investigations in foreign language learning motivation in technologically enhanced contexts, outlining major methodological difficulties pertaining to this sort of this grounded research.

An investigation into the relationship of foreign language learning motivation and sign language use among Deaf and hard of hearing Hungarians

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edit H. Kontra ◽  
Kata Csizér
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Language Learning Motivation ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The aim of this study is to point out the relationship between foreign language learning motivation and sign language use among hearing impaired Hungarians. In the article we concentrate on two main issues: first, to what extent hearing impaired people are motivated to learn foreign languages in a European context; second, to what extent sign language use in the classroom as well as outside school shapes their level of motivation. The participants in our research were 331 Deaf and hard of hearing people from all over Hungary. The instrument of data collection was a standardized questionnaire. Our results support the notion that sign language use helps foreign language learning. Based on the findings, we can conclude that there is indeed no justification for further neglecting the needs of Deaf and hard of hearing people as foreign language learners and that their claim for equal opportunities in language learning is substantiated.

THE EFFECT OF THE CLT OR POST METHOD ON THE STUDENTS ' LANGUAGE LEARNING MOTIVATION IN PRODUCTIVE SKILLS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nozima Uralova ◽  
Janar Abuova
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Language Learning Motivation

Til o'rganish jarayonining asosiy omili talabalarning motivatsiyasi va CLT yondashuvining ahamiyati bo'lib, bu talabalarning til o'rganishga bo'lgan intilishini sezilarli darajada rag'batlantirishi mumkin. Keyingi maqola CLT va POST usullarining o'quvchilar motivatsiyasi va tilni egallashga ta'sirini tekshiradigan tadqiqotlarga bag'ishlangan. Kommunikativ tillarni o'qitish (CLT) - bu boshqalar bilan muloqot qilish uchun tilni o'rganishga, o'quvchilar tildan hayotda qanday foydalanishga qaratilgan o'quv uslubi. CLT-ning maqsadi bilimlarni egallash va namoyish etish emas, balki muloqot qobiliyatlarini yaxshilash va osonlashtirishdir. Tadqiqot Google so'rovnomasida ishlab chiqilgan va ishtirokchilar bilan baham ko'rilgan so'rovnoma yordamida o'tkazildi. So'rov natijalari shuni ko'rsatdiki, o'quv jarayonida amalga oshirilgan yondashuvlar talabalarning chet tilini o'rganish motivatsiyasi va xohishining asosiy natijasi bo'lgan. Shu sababli, to'g'ri yondashuvni tanlash tilni o'rganishda asosiy omil bo'lishi mumkin.

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