Exploring the relationship between motivations, emotions and pragmatic marker use in English-medium instruction learners

The aim of the present study is twofold: first, it compares full-English-medium instruction (EMI) and semi-EMI learners on a series of motivational andemotional factors (the ought to, and the ideal L2 self-motivational orientations,attitudes towards English, and foreign language anxiety and enjoymen...

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Autores: Ament, Jennifer, Barón Parés, Júlia, Pérez Vidal, Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/47914
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2020-2030
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Second language motivations
Individual differences
English-medium instruction
Pragmatic markers
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Sumario:The aim of the present study is twofold: first, it compares full-English-medium instruction (EMI) and semi-EMI learners on a series of motivational andemotional factors (the ought to, and the ideal L2 self-motivational orientations,attitudes towards English, and foreign language anxiety and enjoyment). Second,it investigates the relationship between these individual differences (IDs) andpragmatic marker (PM) use. No previous studies have investigated these phe-nomena among semi and full EMI learners, despite the recognized need for moreresearch into the effects of IDs and pragmatic learning in EMI settings. Participantswere second and third-year EMI students. A monologue and an interaction taskwere used to obtain oral data, and questionnaires were used to gather data on IDs.Results showed that EMI and semi-EMI groups did not differ according to moti-vational orientation. However, there were significant differences between learner’smotivations depending on the year of study, where third year learners were moreought to self-motivated than second-year learners. Other findings revealed thatboth strong ought to L2 self-oriented learners as well as learners who enjoyed EMIdemonstrated an increased frequency of PM use and that learners with positiveattitudes towards English reported stronger ideal L2 selves.