A Questionnaire-Based Study on Chinese University Students' Demotivation to Learn English

Autor/inn/en	Li, Chili; Zhou, Ting
Titel	A Questionnaire-Based Study on Chinese University Students' Demotivation to Learn English
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 10 (2017) 3, S.128-135 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Questionnaires; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Learning Motivation; College Students; Student Attitudes; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Statistical Analysis; Factor Analysis; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fragebogen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Statistische Analyse; Faktorenanalyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland
Abstract	This paper, adopting questionnaire survey method, investigated 367 non-key local university English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' demotivation to learn English. The collected data revealed that there were two main categories of demotivators: internal factors ("lack of intrinsic interest," "experience of failure and lack of confidence," and "unclear study goal") and external factors ("teaching material, teaching process and teaching content," "significant others, teachers' teaching competence" and "attitude of teachers," "the relationship between teachers and students," "teaching facilities and teaching environment"). External factors are found to be more influential than internal ones in the participants' demotivation to learn English. The current study adds to the literature in that "unclear study goal" is an important demotivator in Chinese local non-key university EFL students' English study. The findings of this study will enrich the research of demotivation to learn English, and to provide an empirical basis for the needs analysis in English class and curriculum reform, as well as to provide reference for implementing central and local education policies. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01