Foreign Language Learning Motivation in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Motivational Changes and Their Causes

Autor/inn/en	Busse, Vera; Walter, Catherine
Titel	Foreign Language Learning Motivation in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Motivational Changes and Their Causes
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 97 (2013) 2, S.435-456 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
DOI	10.1111/j.1540-4781.2013.12004.x
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Learning Motivation; Longitudinal Studies; German; Second Language Instruction; Mixed Methods Research; Self Determination; Self Efficacy; Interviews; Questionnaires; Correlation; Student Attitudes; Introductory Courses; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Deutscher; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Selbstbestimmung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Korrelation; Schülerverhalten; Einführungskurs; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article reports on a study involving first-year modern foreign languages students enrolled in German degree courses at two major universities in the United Kingdom. It explores the experience of these students from a motivational angle. A longitudinal mixed-methods approach was employed in order to address the time- and context-sensitive nature of motivational attributes. The data suggest that despite students' increasing wish to become proficient in German, their effort to engage with language learning decreased over the course of the year. This change occurred in conjunction with decreasing levels of intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy beliefs. The relationships between motivational changes and contextual factors in higher education are discussed against the backdrop of students' transition experience from school to university. The article concludes by outlining pedagogical suggestions for how to counteract decreasing motivation of modern foreign languages students during their first year university studies. (Contains 5 notes, 1 figure, and 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10