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Why Are You Learning a Second Language? Motivational Orientations and Self-Determination Theory.
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Noels, Kimberly A.; Pelletier, Luc G.; Clement, Richard; Vallerand, Robert J. – Language Learning, 2003
Examined self-determination theory (SDT) in the language learning context. Involved the development of a valid and reliable instrument to assess different subtypes of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and explored the link between these motivational sub-types and various orientations to language learning. Showed instrumental orientation and the…
Descriptors: College Students, English, French, Higher Education
Orientations in Second Language Acquisition: I. The Effects of Ethnicity, Milieu, and Target Language on Their Emergence.
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Clement, Richard; Kruidenier, Bastian G. – Language Learning, 1983
A study attempting to disambiguate earlier research on personality orientations and second language learning assessed the influence of ethnicity (English v. French), milieu (unicultural v. multicultural), and target second language (French, English, or Spanish) on the emergence of eighth graders' orientations toward the second language learning…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, English, Ethnicity
The Effect of Context on the Composition and Role of Orientations in Second Language Acquisition.
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Kruidenier, Bastian G.; Clement, Richard – 1986
A Canadian study of student orientation (integrative, instrumental, or other) and its relationship to second language learning motivation and sociocultural factors in the learning environment is discussed. The study compared the orientations and stated reasons for studying a second language of over 800 grade 11 students with data on three…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Environment