• Login
  • Register
  • Search

English Learning Motivation of Chinese Higher Vocational EFL Students

Wei Chen

Abstract


With the fl ourishing of vocational education, vocational English education becomes an indispensable part of the college teaching programs. The paper investigated 206 higher vocational students so as to further observe the English learning motivation of higher vocational students. The questionnaire was adopted in the research. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied to investigate the internal structural of English learning motivation. The result suggested that English learning motivation of higher vocational consisted of the learning situation, parents and social responsibility, instinct interests, instruments, social contact and going abroad. Based on the result, the teaching suggestions are also displayed in the paper.

Keywords


English Learning Motivation; Higher Vocational Students; English Leaning Motivation Intensity

Full Text:

PDF

Included Database


References


[1] Yanfang, M.. (2011). A Survey on Foreign Language Learning Motivation of Higher Vocational College Students. Journal of Yangtze University (Social Sciences), 34(6), 2.

[2] Gardner, R. C. . (1985). Social Psychology and Second Language Learning: The Role of Attitudes and Motivation. Edward Arnold.

[3] Gardner, R. C. , & Macintyre, P. D. . (1993). A student's contributions to second-language learning. part ii: affective variables.Language Teaching, 26(1), 1-11.

[4] Dörnyei, Z. . (1994). Motivation and Motivating in the Second Language Classroom. The Modern Language Journal, 78, 273-284.

[5] Gardner, R. C. , Masgoret, A. M. , Tennant, J. , & Mihic, L. . (2004). Integrative Motivation: Changes During a Year-Long Intermediate-Level Language Course. Language Learning, 54(1), 1-34.

[6] Liuolien, A. , & Regina Metiūnien. (2011). Second language learning motivation. Santalka Filologija Edulokogija, 14(2).

[7] Yihong G., Ying, C., Yuan Z., & Yan Z.. (2003). The Relationship Between Types of English Learning Motivation and Motivational Intensity ——A Quantitative Investigation on Chinese College Undergraduates. Foreign Languages Research (1), 5.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i9.8061

Refbacks
Copyright © 2020 Universe Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.