A Mixed-Method Study of Language-Learning Motivation and Intercultural Contact of International Students

Autor/inn/en	Kormos, Judit; Csizér, Kata; Iwaniec, Janina
Titel	A Mixed-Method Study of Language-Learning Motivation and Intercultural Contact of International Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 35 (2014) 2, S.151-166 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2013.847940
Schlagwörter	Mixed Methods Research; Language Research; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Students; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Interviews; Intercultural Communication; Learning Experience; Individual Characteristics; Role; Student Attitudes; Acculturation; Self Efficacy; Student Adjustment; College Students; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachforschung; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Fragebogen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Lernerfahrung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Rollen; Schülerverhalten; Akkulturation; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Collegestudent; Großbritannien
Abstract	The mixed-method study presented in this paper investigates the changes in direct and indirect intercultural contact and language-learning attitudes and effort of international students in the United Kingdom. Seventy international learners of English were asked to fill in a questionnaire three times during one academic year in an international foundation program. An additional 10 students and two of their English language tutors were interviewed at the end of their study period. We analysed variations in language-learning motivation as well as in the frequency and type of contact the learners experienced at three distinct points of time during the international study programme. The results indicate that whereas written and media contact increased in frequency during the academic year, the participants engaged in less frequent spoken contact at the end of the period investigated. The qualitative and quantitative data show that contact experiences, socio-environmental factors and learner internal variables have a dynamic impact on each other and they together can play an important role in the language-learning experiences of international students. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10