Motivation in foreign language learning: a look at type of school environment as a contextual variable
Impelled by the observation that motivation might be one of the most important factors within the affective domain influencing foreign language learning (FLL), the field of second language acquisition (SLA) has seen an intense worldwide interest in empirical research in motivational issues. The stud...
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| description | Impelled by the observation that motivation might be one of the most important factors within the affective domain influencing foreign language learning (FLL), the field of second language acquisition (SLA) has seen an intense worldwide interest in empirical research in motivational issues. The studies have been rooted in different theories and methodologies, (most notably those advanced by Gardner and Dörnyei and their respective associates) that have given precedence to a number of variables assumed to play an important role in understanding the phenomenon of FLL motivation. The present study is set between the macroperspective of the social-psychological period–by giving a general view of second language motivation–and the situation-specific period–by taking into consideration the immediate learning context. It focuses on exploring the nature of FLL motivation in Croatia at secondary education level where FLL is part of core curriculum. In particular, it explores the role of one specific contextual variable that has been largely ignored in SLA motivational research, i.e. type of school environment, and its interaction with gender and success in FLL. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-473d3925f7b64a958a2ec5080fe8bc3a2025-01-31T08:34:31ZengSciendoExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)2303-48582014-12-01227710310.1515/exell-2016-0004exell-2016-0004Motivation in foreign language learning: a look at type of school environment as a contextual variablePavičić Takać Višnja0Berka Nives1Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, OsijekFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, OsijekImpelled by the observation that motivation might be one of the most important factors within the affective domain influencing foreign language learning (FLL), the field of second language acquisition (SLA) has seen an intense worldwide interest in empirical research in motivational issues. The studies have been rooted in different theories and methodologies, (most notably those advanced by Gardner and Dörnyei and their respective associates) that have given precedence to a number of variables assumed to play an important role in understanding the phenomenon of FLL motivation. The present study is set between the macroperspective of the social-psychological period–by giving a general view of second language motivation–and the situation-specific period–by taking into consideration the immediate learning context. It focuses on exploring the nature of FLL motivation in Croatia at secondary education level where FLL is part of core curriculum. In particular, it explores the role of one specific contextual variable that has been largely ignored in SLA motivational research, i.e. type of school environment, and its interaction with gender and success in FLL.https://doi.org/10.1515/exell-2016-0004motivationgrammar schoolvocational schoolcroatiaefl |
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| title | Motivation in foreign language learning: a look at type of school environment as a contextual variable |
| title_full | Motivation in foreign language learning: a look at type of school environment as a contextual variable |
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| title_short | Motivation in foreign language learning: a look at type of school environment as a contextual variable |
| title_sort | motivation in foreign language learning a look at type of school environment as a contextual variable |
| topic | motivation grammar school vocational school croatia efl |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/exell-2016-0004 |
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