Intensive Motivational Drive Supports Vision and Motivated Behavior in Japanese Learners of English

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  • 日本人英語学習者のビジョンと動機づけられる行動をサポートする強力な動機づけ衝動
Published
2019-03-31
Resource Type
journal article
DOI
  • 10.20581/arele.30.0_33
Publisher
The Japan Society of English Language Education

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<p>　　Understanding the intensive motivational drive that supports the learning of a second language (L2) has been featured in recent L2 motivation research. Such motivational phenomena were confirmed mainly by studies of extremely motivated learners using the framework of Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs) (see Dörnyei, Henry, & Muir, 2016), but would be reflected to some extent in ordinary L2 learners’ experiences if certain conditions for generating and maintaining the vision of the desired future L2 self are met in their minds. In order to test these hypotheses, this study examined 143 Japanese university students using open-ended questions and confirmatory factor analysis from an ecological perspective to identify various types of activities, including out-of-class settings the students have engaged in, and Muir’s (2016) DMC Disposition scale to measure the strength of students’ engagement and to investigate its association with motivational conditions for the desired future self and intended effort in English. The results mostly supported the hypotheses, and further avenues for in-depth explorations of the ecological environment and motivational conditions for triggering DMCs-like experiences in response to Japanese students’ characteristics are presented.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390283659868027648
  • NII Article ID
    130007826128
  • DOI
    10.20581/arele.30.0_33
  • ISSN
    24320412
    13448560
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Article Type
    journal article
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
    • KAKEN
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