Enhancing integrative motivation: The Japanese-American Collaborative Learning Project

Cogent Education

Fumie Kato¹ 

[1] The University of North Carolina at Charlotte;

关键词: foreign language learning;    integrative motivation;    language exchange;    pen pal;    study abroad;   

DOI  :  10.1080/2331186X.2016.1142361

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The Collaborative Learning Project is a language exchange program in which American and Japanese university students have the opportunity to interact with native speakers over the course of a three-week period. This paper reports the outcomes of the Collaborative Learning Project in terms of its effectiveness in fulfilling student expectations and their integrative motivation, i.e. social and cultural motivation. Using quantitative and qualitative data, this research includes the first project (2012) as a preliminary study, and the second project (2013) as the basis of the formative assessment. In their responses to questionnaires, the majority of the students reported that the program fulfilled their expectations and fostered their integrative motivation. After participating in the project, the participants were motivated to continue learning Japanese and seemed to be more interested in the study abroad program/studying abroad.

【 授权许可】

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