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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Motivational Orientations and Psychological Needs in EFL Learning among Elementary School Students in Japan
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Carreira, Junko Matsuzaki – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
This study examined Japanese elementary school students' motivational orientations for learning English as a foreign language (EFL) and fundamental psychological needs from a self-determination theory perspective, exploring the relations between motivational orientations (e.g., intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, introjected regulation,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Psychological Needs, Student Motivation, Factor Analysis
Relationship between Motivation for Learning EFL and Intrinsic Motivation for Learning in General among Japanese Elementary School Students
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Carreira, Junko Matsuzaki – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
This study investigated children's motivation for learning English as a foreign language (EFL) and intrinsic motivation for learning in general. The participants were 268 third-sixth graders in a public school in Japan. Data were collected using two questionnaires, one measuring motivation for learning EFL and the other investigating intrinsic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)