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Language Learner Motivational Types: A Cluster Analysis Study

Language learning, 2014-09, Vol.64 (3), p.493-525 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2014 Language Learning Research Club, University of Michigan ;ISSN: 0023-8333 ;ISSN: 1467-9922 ;EISSN: 1467-9922 ;DOI: 10.1111/lang.12065 ;CODEN: LNGLA5

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Title:
Language Learner Motivational Types: A Cluster Analysis Study
Author: Papi, Mostafa ; Teimouri, Yasser
Subjects: Achievement Need ; Cluster analysis ; Cluster Grouping ; Correlation ; Emotional Experience ; English ; English (Second Language) ; Focus Groups ; Foreign Countries ; Iran ; L2 motivation ; L2 motivational self system ; language ; Linguistics ; Motivation ; Motivation Techniques ; motivational types ; Multivariate Analysis ; Prevention ; psycholinguistics ; Questionnaires ; Second Language Instruction ; Second Language Learning ; Secondary School Students ; Secondary Schools ; Student Characteristics ; Student Surveys
Is Part Of: Language learning, 2014-09, Vol.64 (3), p.493-525
Description: The study aimed to identify different second language (L2) learner motivational types drawing on the framework of the L2 motivational self system. A total of 1,278 secondary school students learning English in Iran completed a questionnaire survey. Cluster analysis yielded five different groups based on the strength of different variables within their motivational configurations. Further analyses revealed that the motivational groups have different motivational, emotional, and linguistic characteristics. In the second part of the study, the sample was divided into promotion‐focus and prevention‐focus groups based on the self‐regulatory focus theory. Partial correlation analysis showed that while the ideal L2 self and instrumentality promotion were associated with motivated learning behavior for both the promotion‐focus and prevention‐focus groups, only the ought‐to L2 self and instrumentality prevention were associated with motivated behavior for the prevention‐focus group. The study highlights the importance of considering motivational types in L2 motivation research.
Publisher: Hoboken: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0023-8333
ISSN: 1467-9922
EISSN: 1467-9922
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12065
CODEN: LNGLA5
Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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Language Learner Motivational Types: A Cluster Analysis Study

2014 Language Learning Research Club, University of Michigan ;ISSN: 0023-8333 ;ISSN: 1467-9922 ;EISSN: 1467-9922 ;DOI: 10.1111/lang.12065 ;CODEN: LNGLA5

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