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ERIC Number: EJ411870
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Motivational Factors and Persistence in Foreign Language Study.
Ramage, Katherine
Language Learning, v40 n2 p189-219 Jun 1990
Investigation of the predictive ability of motivational and attitudinal factors in high school students' continuation of foreign language study revealed that both factors, as well as grade level, course grade, interest in culture, and interest in fulfilling college entrance requirements, distinguished continuing from discontinuing students. (29 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment, French, Grades (Scholastic), High School Students, High Schools, Instructional Program Divisions, Language Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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