Why do you go to class? a study about english language learning motivation factors of students in a spanish university

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Published: Sep 10, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v1.402
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Motivation second language motivation english teaching foreign language learning

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Alba Gutiérrez Martínez
Universidad del País Vasco
José Antonio Del Barrio Del Campo
Universidad de Cantabria

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Research on Second Language Acquisition has stand out the importance of students’ motivation as a crucial individual variable in the learning success (Gardner 2001, 2010, Dörnyei y Ushioda 2011, for instance). The present study reports on motivation factors of a group of English as a Foreign Language students (EFL) from the University of Cantabria. Data was collected through questionnaires and has important pedagogical implications because understanding motivation is an important factor not only for our students but also for parents, instructors and editorials (Babaae, 2012). Moreover, Europe is moving into a multilingual society that requires second language teachers not simply to teach English, French or German but to develop a multilingual and multicultural conscience on students (Lorenzo, Trujillo and Vez, 2011). This data can shed light to the issue by explaining what motivates our students.

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Gutiérrez Martínez, A., & Del Barrio Del Campo, J. A. (2014). Why do you go to class? a study about english language learning motivation factors of students in a spanish university. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 1(1), 541–552. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v1.402
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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014): DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Alba Gutiérrez Martínez, Universidad del País Vasco

PDI Universidad del País Vasco.

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