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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- © 1998 Language Learning Research Club, University of Michigan
- ISSN
- 0023-8333
- eISSN
- 1467-9922
- DOI
- 10.1111/1467-9922.00040
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
We investigated the emergence of orientations and their relation to motivation in a predominantly monolingual context. In this context (Quebec City), a previous study (Kruidenier & Clément, 1986) revealed that students' orientations toward learning English as a second language (ESL) were: friendship, travel, prestige, and knowledge/respect. The present study' s participants consisted of 93 francophone Grade 11 high school students learning ESL. We used an adapted form of Kruidenier and Clément's Likert‐type scale questionnaire. We ran factor analyses and a multiple regression analysis on the data. Results indicated that students' orientations were: travel, understanding/ school (instrumental), friendship, understanding, and career (instrumental); they also demonstrated that orientations were predictors of their motivation. However, the absence of an integrative orientation here does not justify its exclusion in the assessment of motivation, because it could emerge in other contexts.
Journal
Language Learning – Wiley
Published: Jun 1, 1998