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Cai, Shengrong; Zhu, Wei – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
This study investigated the impact of an online learning community project on university students' motivation in learning Chinese as a foreign language. A newly proposed second language (L2) motivation theory--the L2 motivational self system (Dornyei, 2005, 2009)--guided this study. A concurrent transformative mixed-methods design was employed to…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cai, Shengrong – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study empirically investigated the impact of an online learning community project on university students' motivation in learning Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). A newly-proposed L2 motivation theory--the L2 motivational self system (Dornyei 2005; 2009)--was used as the theoretical framework for this study. The three aspects of motivation…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Grounded Theory, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning