Attitudes and motivation in second-language acquisition: A study of international students in China from a cultural perspective

Baohua YU; David WATKINS

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0446-6_8

Attitudes and motivation in second-language acquisition: A study of international students in China from a cultural perspective

Baohua YU, David WATKINS

Department of English Language Education (ELE)

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Abstract

Educators, teachers, and parents in both Western and non-Western countries have long considered motivation a key to successful academic performance. Dörnyei (2001) and Oxford and Ehrman (1992), for example, have proposed that learners' attitudes toward and motivation for learning the target language are important factors for second- (or foreign-) language acquisition (SLA). Copyright © 2010 Comparative Education Research Centre.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Crossing borders in East Asian higher education
Editors	David W. CHAPMAN, William K. CUMMINGS, Gerard A. POSTIGLIONE
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Pages	167-192
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400704466
ISBN (Print)	9789400704459
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0446-6_8
Publication status	Published - 2010

Citation

Yu, B., & Watkins, D. (2010). Attitudes and motivation in second-language acquisition: A study of international students in China from a cultural perspective. In D. W. Chapman, W. K. Cummings, & G. A. Postiglione (Eds.), Crossing borders in East Asian higher education (pp. 167-192). Dordrecht: Springer.

Keywords

International student
Language learning
Language poficiency
Language acquisition
Chinese language

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