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A Quantitative Study of English Learning Motivation of Vocational College Students

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Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Cybernetics and Informatics

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Based on motivation theories, such as Gardner and Lambert’s integrative motivation and instrumental motivation, Harmer’s extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation, and Atkinson’s achievement theory, a quantitative study is made on the questionnaire on 700 non-English majors from five vocational colleges in Shanghai. It is found that the students’ motivations for English learning are rather weak. Hence, the paper ends with raising some strategies to stimulate their motives for English study.

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Acknowledgement

The research was part of the Program of Shanghai Association of Higher Education in 2011(NO. ZCGJ 75–11), I would also like to thank all those who help me finish the research.

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  1. Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Ronggen Zhang

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  1. College of Elementary Education, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

    Shaobo Zhong

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Zhang, R. (2014). A Quantitative Study of English Learning Motivation of Vocational College Students. In: Zhong, S. (eds) Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Cybernetics and Informatics. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 163. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3872-4_263

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