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Kasami, Naoko – The EUROCALL Review, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a digital storytelling assignment on the motivation for learning English of students with low proficiency and confidence in English. The participants of this study were non-English major students in Japan who studied in four courses of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Each course was…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Technology Uses in Education, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language)
Sekine, Tsutomu – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2020
In mechanical drawing class, it is a problem that a lecturer has students get a wide range of knowledge and skills in a class whose time and place are limited in a semester. The situation surrounding the classes has led to insufficient understanding of students. Accordingly, it has been desired to reveal an effective learning method in mechanical…
Descriptors: Drafting, Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation, Web Based Instruction
Takahashi, Chika; Im, Seongah – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This study empirically compares two often-utilized motivation theories in L2 studies: self-determination theory and the L2 motivational self system. It also examines the relationships among their motivational constructs, learners' intended L2 learning effort, and L2 proficiency. While a number of studies have utilized these models in order to…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Language Proficiency
Toshiyuki Nakamura – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Over the past 15 years, the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009) has been a dominant framework in the field of second language (L2) motivation. Yet, since the model's introduction, there has been a theoretical discordance between the two components associated with future self-images (the ideal L2 self and the ought-to L2 self) and the…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Leeming, Paul; Harris, Justin – Language Learning, 2022
Self-determination theory has been applied in various educational contexts. Language learning researchers have used factor analysis and structural equation modeling to investigate measures designed for this theory, but Rasch analysis has not been conducted. The Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) and the Language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Self Determination, Item Response Theory
L2 Narrative Identity as Drama: Exploring Links between L2 Learning Experience and the Ideal L2 Self
Gillies, Hamish – TESL-EJ, 2023
Recent studies elaborating on the L2 learning experience component of the L2 Motivational Self System (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009), especially through a narrative identity perspective, mark a new direction in L2 motivation research. This paper extends this work by exploring the connection between the L2 learning experience and ideal L2 self components.…
Descriptors: Drama, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Iwata, Akira – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
This study aims to investigate the influence of an English as a foreign language college extensive reading program on different types of motivation to study English within the framework of Self-Determination Theory in order to identify and clarify students' motivational changes. Identical questionnaires were administered to a group of nonEnglish…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Takahashi, Chika – Language Learning Journal, 2021
While there has been a surge of publication on L2 motivation studies, not much has been investigated regarding motivation to learn languages other than English. As a longitudinal interview study, the present study investigated two cases of Japanese university students focusing on the development of ideal L2/L3 self and ideal multilingual self. The…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation
Chujo, Junko – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This research aimed to investigate the effects of pronunciation monitoring on learners' affective factors through self-monitoring activities using speech recognition systems. The effect of a specifically designed pronunciation activity for Japanese university students was analyzed. The worksheet form of the activity was based on the use of speech…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation
Nakata, Yoshiyuki; Nitta, Ryo; Tsuda, Atsuko – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
The present paper aims to explore how a certain class mode emerges in the context of collaborative learning, which affects student motivation and learning. Multiple sources of data were collected from 51 high school students in three different classes (named A, B and C) where the same teacher gave them the same lesson content throughout a full…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Toyama, Michiko; Yamazaki, Yoshitaka – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
Purpose: This study aimed to explore whether a match between learning style and teaching style in English as a foreign language (EFL) class affects two student variables: proficiency and motivation to learn English. Design/methodology/approach: Participants consisted of nine EFL teachers and 331 Japanese undergraduate students who were required to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Teaching Styles, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Brown, Charles Allen – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2023
Visualizing oneself joining imagined communities of target language (TL) use represents a potent motivation for language study. Given that rationales for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme include fostering internationalization, a student-centered classroom, and communicative skills, teaching to promote learners envisioning themselves…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
Jüttler, Michael; Schumann, Stephan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
Because of the high social relevance of an economics education, many countries now focus on the enhancement of economic competencies in schools. International results show strong deficits in basic economic knowledge, especially for students in upper secondary education, who usually enter higher education. Furthermore, it is not clear what effects…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Secondary School Students, Knowledge Level, Longitudinal Studies
Shinogaya, Keita – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This study examined how to enhance the quality of students' question generating and to encourage their spontaneous information searches after classroom instruction in university. The teacher assigned One Minute Paper as homework, and students answered three questions; "Q1: What was the most important thing that you learned today?",…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Teaching Methods, Universities, College Students
Rivers, Damian J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Computer-mediated learning initiatives have recently increased due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Implications are thus created for self-regulation, learning and achievement as computer-mediated learners face unique motivational and metacognitive demands. The current research uses a serial mediation approach to test the effect of goal…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)