ERIC Number: EJ975494
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 34
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Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language in the Context of an American University: A Qualitative and Process-Oriented Study on De/Motivation at the Learning Situation Level
Tsang, Sin Yi
Foreign Language Annals, v45 n1 p130-163 Spr 2012
Motivation plays an important role in foreign language learning. To investigate factors that influence motivation level, the researcher surveyed 102 students studying Japanese at the University of Washington and interviewed 10 of them. From their responses, the researcher identified four de/motivational factors: (1) teachers, (2) feedback, (3) difficulty of the class, and (4) feeling of progress. These findings also suggest that the impacts of these factors occur at different levels, take different forms, and have different strengths. The study also discusses the psychology of students underlying the influence of these de/motivational factors. Furthermore, students most frequently mentioned "teachers" and "feeling of progress," which partially agrees with four previous related studies. Finally, the researcher briefly discusses the teachers' perspective. (Contains 5 notes and 9 tables.)
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Japanese, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Researchers, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, College Students, Universities, Psychology
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