Language-Learning Motivation during Short-Term Study Abroad: An Activity Theory Perspective

Autor/in	Allen, Heather Willis
Titel	Language-Learning Motivation during Short-Term Study Abroad: An Activity Theory Perspective
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 43 (2010) 1, S.27-49 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
Schlagwörter	Learning Motivation; Learning Experience; French; Study Abroad; Second Language Learning; Student Motivation; College Students; Cultural Awareness; Learning Theories; Language Proficiency; Goal Orientation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Lernerfahrung; Französisch; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schulische Motivation; Collegestudent; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung
Abstract	This study investigated the development of language-learning motivation during short-term study abroad (SA) for six intermediate-level students of French. Taking an activity theory perspective, findings demonstrated that one of two orientations motivated participants to study or continue studying French at the college level: linguistic motives or career-oriented motives. The choice to study abroad was seen as either a critical step to achieving fluency or a means of travel and cultural learning. Enhanced language-learning motivation emerged to varying degrees for participants with linguistically oriented motives for learning French who viewed SA as a language-learning experience but not for participants with primarily pragmatic reasons for learning French and participating in SA. Implications of the study include the need for curricular intervention in student learning abroad. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10