Naslov
ESP students' attitudes and motivation before and after Croatia joined the Erasmus program

Autori
Kabalin Borenić, Višnja

Izvornik
Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes (2334-9182) 9 (2021), 3; 451-464

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
EFL attitudes ; EFL motivation ; international academic mobility ; ESP

Sažetak
Results of your research study conducted before Croatia joined the Erasmus program in 2010 suggested that the experience of internalization might affect ESP students' attitudes, learning priorities, and motivation. To establish whether generations that participated in academic mobility programs differ from their pre-Erasmus peers, we repeated our original study from 2009: Business and economics students' attitudes to English, L2 motivation, and invested effort were measured using the same questionnaire based on sociolinguistic and L2 motivation research rooted in social psychology. The same attitudes and motivation scales were used to compare the two groups. To ensure compatibility, the data were submitted to Coarsened Exact matching. T-test and correlational analyses revealed significant differences between the two groups, but the findings somewhat disappointed our previous expectations regarding the impact of university internationalization.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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