Comparing EFL motivation and general academic motivation

Dexter E. Da Silva; Dennis M. McInerney; Valentina McInerney; Martin Dowson

Comparing EFL motivation and general academic motivation

Dexter E. Da Silva
, Dennis M. McInerney
, Valentina McInerney
, Martin Dowson

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

Abstract

![CDATA[English as a Foreign Language (EFL) motivation is usually studied separately from general academic motivation, that is, as a domain-specific form of motivation, as it is considered to be completely different from other academic subjects. This paper challenges this broad assumption by comparing the results of analyses of data collected from 500 female, Japanese, first-year university students on two forms of a bilingual measurement instrument, the Inventory of University Motivation, based on Maehr’s multiple goal model of Personal Investment (Maehr, 1984; Maehr & Braskamp, 1986). Results of exploratory Principal Components Analyses (PCA), Multivariate Analyses of Variance (MANOVA) and multiple regression suggest that, at least in this specific sociocultural context, EFL-specific motivation cannot be completely separated from general academic motivation because of commonalities in their factor scales and defining features of students’ motivational profiles, and because some aspects of general academic motivation can predict performance of EFL-specific measures of performance.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century
Publisher	University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	1741081483
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	International Biennial SELF Research Conference - Duration: 13 Jan 2009 → …

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Conference	International Biennial SELF Research Conference
Period	13/01/09 → …

Keywords

English language
study and teaching (higher)
Japan
foreign speakers
motivation in education

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Da Silva, Dexter E. ; McInerney, Dennis M. ; McInerney, Valentina et al. / Comparing EFL motivation and general academic motivation. Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century. University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre, 2006.

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Da Silva, DE, McInerney, DM, McInerney, V & Dowson, M 2006, Comparing EFL motivation and general academic motivation. in Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century. University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre, International Biennial SELF Research Conference, 13/01/09.

Comparing EFL motivation and general academic motivation. / Da Silva, Dexter E.; McInerney, Dennis M.; McInerney, Valentina et al.
Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century. University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre, 2006.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

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