Motivational variables in second-language acquisition.
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Most previous research on second-language acquisition has been guided by the belief that the acquisition of skill in a second language depended almost completely upon linguistic aptitude and since substantial validity coefficients have been obtained with most aptitude tests (5, 9, 11, 26, 50, 56), the postulation of a concept of "linguistic aptitude" see as warranted. On the other hand, many researchers have argued that other variables such as motivation, interest, personality, etc., are probably of equal value in determining second-language achievement (15, 17, 18, 24, 28, 41, 42, 46, 50, 52, 54), however such of the research concerned with these variables has failed to adequately justify this position (15, 17, 18, 46).
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“…two crucial theoretical developments in the field of second language acquisition and mainstream psychology, namely the concept of integrativeness or integrative motivation introduced by Gardner and Lambert (1959) and the results of psychological research on the self (e.g., Markus & Nurius, 1986).”
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- Authors
- Gardner, R. C., & Lambert, W. E.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologie
- Published
- 1959
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 266-272
- ISSN
- 0008-4255 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2103263419
- Cited by
- 1,746
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 72.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Library and Archives Canada (Government of Canada) (submittedVersion)
- eScholarship@McGill (McGill) (submittedVersion)
- McGill-DEV
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Keywords
- second language acquisition, motivation, personality, interest, second language achievement, aptitude tests, validity coefficients
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Language, Language Development, Motivation
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