Motivational changes and their affecting factors among students from different cultural backgrounds
Year: 2012
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Extract: Since the introduction of Dornyei and Otto’s Process Model (1998), the fluctuating nature of language learners’ motivation has attracted attention from more researchers, and possible factors that may have a positive or negative impact on motivation have been extensively studied (e.g. Gardner, Masgoret, Tennant, & Mihic, 2004; Koizumi & Matsuo, 1993; Matsumoto, 2011; William, Burden, & Lanvers 2002). Since the early days of the study of second language (L2) learners’ motivation, it has been noted that formal L2 study through classroom instruction may have some detrimental effects on learners’ motivation (see Bartley, 1970; Gardner et al. 2004; Gardner, Smythe, Clement, & Gliksman, 1976; Tachibana, Matsuoka, & Zhong, 1996). That is, when learners experience actual L2 study in classrooms, their motivation is likely to deteriorate. In formal L2 education, there seems to be a number of factors that may influence L2 learners’ motivation, and researchers (e.g. Chambers, 1999; Dornyei, 1994; Kozaki & Ross, 2011; Tanaka, 2005) have studied these in various contexts.
Author: Masanori Matsumoto
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1611119545