CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Language learning for personal growth and cultural enrichment is called:
A
Positive motivation
B
Instrumental motivation
C
Integrative motivation
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Integrative motivation as defined by Brown’s (1994) is where learners have the desire to integrate into the target language community, culture and become part of that society. Learners learn the second language because they wish to socialise or participate in the target language group (Saville, 2006).

Detailed explanation-2: -When students want to learn a language to become part of a speech community (integrate). People who immigrate to new countries are some examples of people who may want to identify with the community around them.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are four types of motivation. Instrumental, integrative, intrinsic, and extrinsic motivation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gardner’s (1985) conceptualization of the integrative motivation is that it includes orientation (i.e. a class of reasons for learning a second language), motivation (i.e. attitudes toward learning the language, plus desire plus motivational intensity) and a number of other attitudinal variables.

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