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Language learning motivation, investment, and disengagement in higher education

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26870521
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Social psychology
Foreign language education
Research InstitutionHachinohe Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Saito Akihiro  八戸工業大学, 基礎教育研究センター, 講師 (90632084)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords外国語学習 / 学習動機 / 学習方略 / 学習離脱 / 外国語教育 / 動機づけ / 定性的研究 / ナラティヴ / 投資 / 抵抗
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Language learning constitutes a dynamic, subjective space in which the learner’s body, performance, identity, and emotions are intricately intertwined with one another. This study sought to describe the factors that potentially explain the aversion and indifference to English as a foreign language learning as observed at the researcher’s institution. Meanwhile, it also described the experiences among those who willingly strives to master the language amid the aversion and indifference among the majority of the students at the institution. The research program comprised a questionnaire-development project which sought to investigate the breadth and depth of learner disengagement which was observed in relation to foreign language learning, and another qualitative interview study which explored learner characteristics, such as language learning motives, learning strategies, and learner histories.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Measurement and analysis of student disengagement in higher education: A preliminary exploration2017

    • Author(s)
      Saito, A. & Smith, M. E.
    • Journal Title

      IAFOR Journal of Education

      Volume: 5

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 工学部学生の英語学習動機と方略2016

    • Author(s)
      斎藤明宏
    • Organizer
      第13回日本質的心理学会全国大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋市立大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Development and validation of the Higher Education Resistant Attitude/Behavior Scale2015

    • Author(s)
      Saito, A. & Smith, M. E.
    • Organizer
      2nd Asian Symposium on Education, Equity and Social Justice
    • Place of Presentation
      KKRホテル広島
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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