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Integrative Motivation in a Globalizing World
Presenter: Yang, Hao-Ting (Tim) Instructor: Dr. Pi-Ying HsuDate:2014.3.10
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Citation
Lamb, M. (2004). Integrative motivation in a globalizing world. System, 32 (1), 3-19.
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
Result
Conclusion
Critiques and Suggestions
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Introduction
• Background• Gap• Purpose of the Study
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Background
The notion of “integrativeness”– a desire to learn a language in order to come closer to the other language community– has been a central concept in language learner motivation for several decades now, influential not just in theory and research but in teaching methodology and materials.
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Gap
To question whether the research method which have underpinned the construct can justly claim to capture the complexity of motivation either as a precursor to action or as a sustainer of action.
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Purpose of the Study
This article reports on research into the motivation of Indonesian children aged 11-12 years old, as they begin formal study of English in an urban junior high school.
Literature Review
• Focused motivation• Occupation need• Hong Kong’s case
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Focused motivation
As they get older, some learners’ motivation may become more focused as their personal aspirations change.
(Arnett, 2002)
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Occupation need
How people’s need for English will not be uniform among 21st century populations, but will vary from very high in jobs involving information processing (including business and technology) to a much more restricted and specific need in other occupations.
(Warschauer, 2000)
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Hong Kong’s case
In Hong Kong, popular global culture may be motivating to teenagers in the classroom because it represents their most immediate meaningful contact with the language.
(Cheung, 2001)
Methodology
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In August 2002
junior high school students
Indonesia
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Participants
Site
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Quantitative
Data Analysis
Qualitative
Content analysis method
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Quantitative Part
219 students
First-year students
Aged 11-12
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Qualitative Part
semi-structured interview
focal group
12 learners
Observation
8 teachers are interviewed
Results
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Questionnaire result
Most notably in the music they like to listen to on cassette (western boy bands are especially popular in this age group) and in Hollywood movies and other programmes (e.g. English soccer matches) shown on TV. Listening to English radio programmes and reading English-language magazines or books are less popular.
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Questionnaire result
The respect for parental views has also been found to be a common feature of Asian students’ attitudes.
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Reasons given for liking to learn English
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Interview result
Almost all the children responded positively, citing for instance the absence of riots, the higher standard of living, and the advanced technology as reasons for admiring those countries, and even, in half the cases, actually wanting to travel or live there for a while.
“My comment is that English is good and stands on top of the world….and so too are English people like Queen Elizabeth, Princess Diana, David Beckham ...”
“I think Europeans and people from Asia, they’re generally good at English, if they’re interviewed [on TV] they reply in English…I was surprised at the way English has become the international language, that’s why I like it”.
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Interview result
One boy, whose questionnaire responses actually suggested a lower than average interest in English and low intrinsic motivation, said that his main ambition was….
“to be good at English, because in the future, according to my parents, globalization is going to happen…….Western people are going to come to Indonesia, and will get involved in every country…..It’ll be free, we can go wherever, they can go wherever.”
Conclusion
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Conclusion
This study suggests that these students are exposed to a powerful discourse, channelled presumably through parents and schools as well as the media, which has encouraged them to develop a vision of an English-speaking, globally-involved but nationally-responsible future self, and which contributes to a high initial level of motivation to learn the language (and especially to learn to speak it).
Critiques and Suggestions
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Critiques and Suggestions
• Should show the interview result about teachers
• Should introduce the way how to analyze the questionnaire
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Thank you