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Ganotice, Fraide A., Jr.; Downing, Kevin; Chan, Barbara; Yip, Lee Wai – Educational Studies, 2022
There is a dramatic increase in the number of mainland Chinese students coming to Hong Kong to attend various courses. With the aim of developing a profound understanding of the adaptation of the mainland Chinese students (N = 210), this study tested the relationship between types of motivation and goal content when studying abroad with a wide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Student Motivation, Self Determination
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Ganotice, Fraide A.; Downing, Kevin; Yip, Lee Wai; Chan, Barbara; Villarosa, Jonalyn B. – Educational Studies, 2022
This study aims to complement existing literature on Asian students' motivation through the adoption of person-centred approach in understanding Chinese and Filipino students' motivational profile using self-determination theory. By means of cluster analysis, both Study 1 involving Chinese college students (N = 306) and Study 2 involving Filipino…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Profiles, Foreign Countries, Self Determination
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Yu, Baohua; Downing, Kevin – Educational Studies, 2012
This study examined the influence of integrative motivation, instrumental motivation and second language (L2) proficiency on socio-cultural/academic adaptation in a sample of two groups of international students studying Chinese in China. Results revealed that the non-Asian student group reported higher levels of integrative motivation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency