Gardner’s Motivation Theory in SLA Context in China

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1、2009—2010学年论文Gardner’sMotivationTheoryinSLAContextinChina姓名：赵海秀学号：0801081030指导老师：孙平华教授13Gardner’sMotivationTheoryinSLAContextinChinaAbstract:ThispaperexploresGardner'ssocio-educationalmodelandthesignificanceofmotivationasacontributingfactorinsecondlanguage(L2)acquisition.Motivationisdefinedast

2、helearner'sorientationwithregardtothegoaloflearningasecondlanguage.Motivationisdividedintotwobasictypes:integrativeandinstrumental.Integrativemotivationischaracterizedbythelearner'spositiveattitudestowardsthetargetlanguagegroupandthedesiretointegrateintothetargetlanguagecommunity.Instrumentalm

3、otivationunderliesthegoaltogainsomesocialoreconomicrewardthroughL2achievement,thusreferringtoamorefunctionalreasonforlanguagelearning.Bothformsofmotivationareexaminedinlightofresearchwhichhasbeenundertakentoestablishthecorrelationbetweentheformofmotivationandsuccessfulsecondlanguageacquisition

4、.MotivationinChineseForeignLanguageLearningcontextisthendiscussedandstudieswhichhavebeenconductedinthefieldinvestigated.KeyWords:Motivation,IntegrativeandInstrumental,Context1.InstructionaboutGardner'sSocio-EducationalModelTheworkconductedbyGardnerintheareaofmotivationwaslargelyinfluencedbyMow

5、rer(anAmericanbornpsychologistandprofessorofpsychologyattheUniversityofIllinois),whosefocuswasonfirstlanguageacquisition.Mowrerproposedthatachild'ssuccesswhenlearningafirstlanguagecouldbeattributedtothedesiretogainidentitywithinthefamilyunitandthenthewiderlanguagecommunity.Usingthisasthebasisf

6、orresearch,Gardnerwentontoinvestigatemotivationasaninfluencingfactorinsecondlanguageacquisition.13Beforeexaminingtheeffectofmotivationonsecondlanguagelearningitisfirstimportanttorealizethatitisonevariable,which,combinedwithotherfactors,influencesalearner'ssuccess.Gardner(1982),inhissocio-educa

7、tionalmodel,identifiedanumberoffactorswhichareinterrelatedwhenlearningasecondlanguage.Unlikeotherresearchcarriedoutinthearea,Gardner'smodellooksspecificallyatsecondlanguageacquisitioninastructuredclassroomsettingratherthananaturalenviro