Motivation and language learning : a cross-national examination

Noels, Kimberly; Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen; Ota, Hiroshi; Saumure, Kristie

Publication type:	Conference other
Type of review:	Not specified
Title:	Motivation and language learning : a cross-national examination
Authors:	Noels, Kimberly Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen Ota, Hiroshi Saumure, Kristie
Conference details:	The AAAL 2008 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 29 March - 1 April 2008
Issue Date:	31-Mar-2008
Language:	English
Subjects:	Individualism; Collectivism; Autonomy; Motivation
Subject (DDC):	401.9: Psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics 418.0071: Language teaching
Abstract:	Self-determined motivation is fostered when students experience autonomy in the learning process. This study examined the English students' motivation in two countries that arguably differ in the value placed on individualism and collectivism: Japan and Switzerland. Contrary to expectation, autonomy was the most important predictor of motivation in both countries.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2987
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Linguistics
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Noels, K., Ehrensberger-Dow, M., Ota, H., & Saumure, K. (2008, March 31). Motivation and language learning : a cross-national examination. The AAAL 2008 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 29 March - 1 April 2008.

Noels, K. et al. (2008) ‘Motivation and language learning : a cross-national examination’, in The AAAL 2008 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 29 March - 1 April 2008.

K. Noels, M. Ehrensberger-Dow, H. Ota, and K. Saumure, “Motivation and language learning : a cross-national examination,” in The AAAL 2008 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 29 March - 1 April 2008, Mar. 2008.

NOELS, Kimberly, Maureen EHRENSBERGER-DOW, Hiroshi OTA und Kristie SAUMURE, 2008. Motivation and language learning : a cross-national examination. In: The AAAL 2008 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 29 March - 1 April 2008. Conference presentation. 31 März 2008

Noels, Kimberly, Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Hiroshi Ota, and Kristie Saumure. 2008. “Motivation and Language Learning : A Cross-National Examination.” Conference presentation. In The AAAL 2008 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 29 March - 1 April 2008.

Noels, Kimberly, et al. “Motivation and Language Learning : A Cross-National Examination.” The AAAL 2008 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 29 March - 1 April 2008, 2008.