Motivation to learn English in theological education. A Study of Student Motivation for Learning English at a Theological Seminary in Ukraine
This study was designed to determine what factors motivate students to learn English at an evangelical seminary in Ukraine. After the fall of communism, English was mainly taught at newly formed evangelical seminaries in Ukraine to enable students to access theological resources in English that wer...
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Eastern European Instute of Theology
2018-08-01
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This study was designed to determine what factors motivate students to learn English at an evangelical seminary in Ukraine. After the fall of communism, English was mainly taught at newly formed evangelical seminaries in Ukraine to enable students to access theological resources in English that were not available in Russian or Ukrainian. A mixed-method approach involving a written attitudinal questionnaire and follow-up focus group interviews was employed to collect data. Participants in this study were second-year music ministry and first- to third-year theology students enrolled in English courses. The results of this study revealed that twenty-five years later seminary students are primarily motivated to learn English by the desire to communicate with foreigners, travel abroad and find employment.
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| spelling | doaj-art-9efbaf5852c24848ac5bca47f1fa22e02025-08-20T03:47:06ZengEastern European Instute of TheologyБогословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя2789-15692789-15772018-08-012110.29357/2521-179X.2018.21.20Motivation to learn English in theological education. A Study of Student Motivation for Learning English at a Theological Seminary in UkraineJoshua TOKAR0Joshua M. Tokar - Instructor of English as a Foreign Language Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary (Kyiv, Ukraine) This study was designed to determine what factors motivate students to learn English at an evangelical seminary in Ukraine. After the fall of communism, English was mainly taught at newly formed evangelical seminaries in Ukraine to enable students to access theological resources in English that were not available in Russian or Ukrainian. A mixed-method approach involving a written attitudinal questionnaire and follow-up focus group interviews was employed to collect data. Participants in this study were second-year music ministry and first- to third-year theology students enrolled in English courses. The results of this study revealed that twenty-five years later seminary students are primarily motivated to learn English by the desire to communicate with foreigners, travel abroad and find employment. http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/141084Theological EnglishMotivationEFLTheological EducationSeminary |
| spellingShingle | Joshua TOKAR Motivation to learn English in theological education. A Study of Student Motivation for Learning English at a Theological Seminary in Ukraine Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя Theological English Motivation EFL Theological Education Seminary |
| title | Motivation to learn English in theological education. A Study of Student Motivation for Learning English at a Theological Seminary in Ukraine |
| title_full | Motivation to learn English in theological education. A Study of Student Motivation for Learning English at a Theological Seminary in Ukraine |
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| title_short | Motivation to learn English in theological education. A Study of Student Motivation for Learning English at a Theological Seminary in Ukraine |
| title_sort | motivation to learn english in theological education a study of student motivation for learning english at a theological seminary in ukraine |
| topic | Theological English Motivation EFL Theological Education Seminary |
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