Orientations to Learning German: Heritage Language Learning and Motivational Substrates
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This study examined how two motivational substrates may be differentially important depending upon the learner's language background. Students registered in German classes (N = 99) completed a questionnaire that assessed (a) their intrinsic, extrinsic, integrative, and instrumental reasons for learning German; (b) their feelings of autonomy, competence, and relatedness; and (c) their engagement in language learning and intergroup contact variables. The results show that heritage language leamers were more likely than non-heritage leamers to leam German because it was an important aspect of their self-concept. Moreover, although intrinsic and selfdetermined extrinsic orientations fostered motivation both for heritage and non-heritage learners, aspects of contact with the German community also played a role in motivated learning, particularly for heritage language learners. Resume : La presente etude avait pour but de determiner Timportance relative de deux elements de motivation selon le patrimoine linguistique de l'apprenant. Des etudiants inscrits a des cours d'allemand (N = 99) ont rempli un questiormaire visant a evaluer : (a) ies raisons intrinseques, extrinseques, integratives et instrumentales pour lesquelles ils apprenaient I'allemand ; (b) leurs sentiments en matiere d'autonomie, de competence et d'appartenance ; (c) leur engagement dans l'apprentissage de la langue, ainsi que les variables relatives au contact entre les groupes. Les resultats revelent que les etudiants ayant un patrimoine linguistique dans cette langue apprenant plus frequemment I'allemand parce que c'est un un aspect important de leur conception de soi. Par ailleurs, bien que leurs orientations intrinseques et extrinseques aient suscite de la motivation chez les apprenants quel que soit leur patrimoine linguistique, des aspects lies a leur contact avec la communaute allemande ont egalement joue un role dans la motivation des etudiants en particulier pour les apprenants ayant un patrimoine linguistique dans la langue etudiee.. © 2005 Tlie Canadian Modern language Rei'iew/La Rmue catiadienne des langues vivantes, 62, 2 (December/decembre}, 285-312
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