侯奕安老師的歷程檔案

期刊名稱	Internal Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science
資料日期	2016-04-01

[英文摘要] :
Motivation is believed to be the key to learning. However, are students at different learning stages with
different learning motivation? It’s nine years after the official implementation of English teaching in
Taiwanese elementary schools. How the child learners are motivated to learn English attracts more concern.
The study aimed to investigate the young learners’ English learning motivation and compare with that of
high school students and college students. Participants were 881 students, including 520 elementary schools
students, 107 high school students, and 254 college students. They were arranged to fill out questionnaire
dealing with their background, English learning motivation, attitude and motivational intensity (Gardner,
1985). All available data were processed by SPSS 17.0 for descriptive, correlation, and one-way ANOVA
analyses. Findings showed that with longer learning experiences, older learners had more positive
motivation and attitude; but younger learners, with more integrative orientation, held more favorable
motivational intensity towards English learning.