The Interaction of L2 Motivation Constructs and Learner Variables in Korean Middle School Learners of English

김천용; Hikyoung Lee (이희경)

The Interaction of L2 Motivation Constructs and Learner Variables in Korean Middle School Learners of English

Modern English Education
Abbr : MEESO
2015, 16(1), pp.81~105
Publisher : The Modern English Education Society
Research Area : Humanities > English Language and Literature > English Language Teaching

김천용 ¹, Hikyoung Lee ¹

¹고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

Motivation is a learner construct that is positively correlated with foreign languagelearning (Dornyei, 2009). In this light, the present study investigates the nature ofKorean middle school students’ motivation to learn English by analyzing motivatedbehavior and two L2 motivation measurements (i.e., L2 Motivational Self System(L2MSS) and international posture (IP)) through a comprehensive questionnaire. Inaddition, the effects of gender, school type, and L2 achievement on the L2 motivationconstructs are also examined. The questionnaire was administered to 95 participantsand results were analyzed using Pearson correlation and an independent-samples t-test. Results show that motivated behavior correlated with L2MSS and partially with IP andthat L2MSS positively correlated with IP. In terms of gender and school type, nosignificant differences were found with motivated behavior and L2MSS but differenceswere partially found for IP. Additionally, the most significant differences were found inL2 achievement. This study suggests that Korean middle school learners of Englishwhose motivated behavior is influenced by L2MSS and IP which in turn showdifferences according to learner variables.

KEYWORDS

L2 motivation, L2 Motivational Self System, international posture

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