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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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).

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	9789400704459
Publisher	Springer Dordrecht
Pages	167-192
Number of pages	26
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9789400704466
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0446-6_8
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	CERC Studies in Comparative Education
Volume	27
ISSN (Print)	1573-6040
ISSN (Electronic)	2543-022X

UN SDGs

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SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

International Student
Language Learning
Language Proficiency
Language Acquisition
Chinese Language

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YU, B., & WATKINS, D. (2011). 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 (1 ed., pp. 167-192). (CERC Studies in Comparative Education; Vol. 27). Springer Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0446-6_8

YU, Baohua ; WATKINS, David . / Attitudes and Motivation in Second-Language Acquisition: A Study of International Students in China from a Cultural Perspective. Crossing Borders in East Asian Higher Education. editor / David W. CHAPMAN ; William K. CUMMINGS ; Gerard A. POSTIGLIONE. 1. ed. 9789400704459 : Springer Dordrecht, 2011. pp. 167-192 (CERC Studies in Comparative Education).

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Crossing Borders in East Asian Higher Education. ed. / David W. CHAPMAN; William K. CUMMINGS; Gerard A. POSTIGLIONE. 1. ed. 9789400704459: Springer Dordrecht, 2011. p. 167-192 (CERC Studies in Comparative Education; Vol. 27).

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YU B, WATKINS D. Attitudes and Motivation in Second-Language Acquisition: A Study of International Students in China from a Cultural Perspective. In CHAPMAN DW, CUMMINGS WK, POSTIGLIONE GA, editors, Crossing Borders in East Asian Higher Education. 1 ed. 9789400704459: Springer Dordrecht. 2011. p. 167-192. (CERC Studies in Comparative Education). doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-0446-6_8

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