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An Analysis of NPU Students’ English Learning Motivation

Case Study of Freshmen in Honors College

Authors
Rui Deng1, *, Yi Zhang1
1The School of Foreign Studies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
*Corresponding author. Email: yizhang@nwpu.edu.cn
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Rui Deng
Available Online 18 May 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_51How to use a DOI?
Keywords
English learning motivation; university students; Northwestern Polytechnical University
Abstract

This research aims to find out the general and specific features of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) students’ English learning motivation. 34 NPU freshmen in Honors College are invited to finish the questionnaire adapted from Gao et al. [1]. The study findings show that NPU students have high immediate achievement and individual development motivation as well as have relatively high information medium motivation, while they have low going abroad motivation. Noticeably, both “English scores” in “immediate achievement” and “English teacher” in “learning situation” present a declining trend of influence on motivating NPU students to learn English after they go to NPU. From the theoretical perspective, this study validates the questionnaire of Gao et al. [1]. Besides, it adds one motivation factor – “face”, which can make the questionnaire of Gao et al. [1] more complete. From a practical point of view, this study summarizes NPU student’s English learning motivation features, which can shed some light on both NPU’s personnel and students.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 May 2023
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978-2-38476-054-1
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2352-5398
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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