Motivation for Foreign Language Communication
Keywords:
types of self-regulated motivation, communication in foreign language teachingAbstract
The aim of the study is to determine the patterns of relationships between types of motivation and willingness to communicate in a foreign language using systematic non-experimental observation. The types of motivation were examined by Language Learning Orientations Scale – Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation and Amotivation Subscales (Noels et al., 2000). Its reliability was verified with the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.915). Willingness to communicate was examined by McCroskey’s scale (1992) and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.735. The theoretical basis of the paper is the Self-Determination Theory (Deci and Ryan, 2000). Different types of motivation were noticed in the willingness to engage in the activity. The findings confirm the opinion that motivation is not a uniform phenomenon, since all subtypes of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation were identified.
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