The Relationship Between Global Competence and Language Learning Motivation: An Empirical Study in Critical Language Classrooms
Gaby Semaan (PhD, Bowling Green State University) is Director of Middle East Studies and the Arabic program coordinator at The University of Toledo, Ohio.
Kasumi Yamazaki (PhD, The University of Toledo) is Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese, The University of Toledo, Ohio.
Abstract
This article examines the relationship between global competence and second language learning motivation in critical language classrooms. Data were collected from 137 participants who were studying critical languages (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Persian) at two universities on the East and West Coasts of the United States, using a 30‐item Likert scale survey. There was a positive relationship between global competence and second language motivation, as well as between global competence and the components that are seen as constituting second language learning motivation.
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