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Title: Language Learner Motivational Types: A Cluster Analysis Study
Language: English
Authors: Papi, Mostafa, Teimouri, Yasser
Source: Language Learning. Sep 2014 64(3):493-525.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 33
Publication Date: 2014
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Secondary School Students, Questionnaires, Student Surveys, English (Second Language), Student Characteristics, Cluster Grouping, Focus Groups, Achievement Need, Prevention, Emotional Experience, Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Iran
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12065
ISSN: 0023-8333
Abstract: 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.
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