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Chinese language learning motivation: a study of individual-contextual interactions

Pages 2183-2199 | Received 29 Nov 2021, Accepted 15 Feb 2022, Published online: 05 Mar 2022
 

ABSTRACT

This study investigated motivation in the context of L2 Chinese in the USA. A total of 120 college students took the survey and 27 of them participated in post-survey interviews. Through a mixed-methods design, the study captured interactions between motivation and the learning environment in the learning process. The results revealed six motivation factors, of which the ideal L2 self was the most powerful predictor for intended effort, and significantly correlated with after-class activity engagement in which students committed actual time to learning. In addition, the anti-ought-to self significantly correlated with all the motivation factors and was also a significant predictor for intended effort. It functions as an intrinsic motivation featuring the active agent role of the individual learner. Lastly, the learner’s positive interactions with the learning context via self-regulatory strategies and accompanying procedural knowledge led to a positive experience, which sustained learning.

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the students who participated in this study from Chinese Studies at the University of Houston. My gratitude also goes to the instructors who helped in the data collection process: Jing Zhang, Meiyu Piao, Marshall MacArthur, Wei Wu, and Melody Li.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This study is supported by the Research Progress Grant awarded to the author by the University of Houston.

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