Elementary School Students' Foreign Language Learning Demotivation: A Mixed Methods Study of Korean EFL Context
- Authors
- Kim, Tae-Young; Seo, Hyo-Sun
- Issue Date
- Mar-2012
- Publisher
- SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
- Keywords
- Demotivation; Elementary School Students; Demotivational Factors; Teacher Perception; Mixed Methods Approach
- Citation
- ASIA-PACIFIC EDUCATION RESEARCHER, v.21, no.1, pp 160 - 171
- Pages
- 12
- Journal Title
- ASIA-PACIFIC EDUCATION RESEARCHER
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 160
- End Page
- 171
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/20484
- ISSN
- 0119-5646
2243-7908
- Abstract
- This mixed methods study investigates Korean elementary school students' foreign language learning demotivation and their teachers' perception of student demotivation. A questionnaire was conducted for 6,301 elementary school students from Grades 3 to 6 to examine their motivational changes. This revealed a decrease in all motivational constructs instrumental, intrinsic, integrative, parental/academic extrinsic motivations as the students advanced throughout the school grades. The findings were further analyzed by using interviews and open-ended questionnaires with 17 English teachers. They attributed the students' demotivation to three elements: 1) the negative impact of the English teacher such as incongruence with students' needs, teachers' impatience, and disinterest in teaching and in their students; 2) excessive social expectation of English proficiency; and 3) the widening English proficiency gap among the students.
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