Motivation and International Posture of Multiple Language Learners in Burundi Urban and Rural Settings

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Elvis Nizigama ¹ ( English Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran )
Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar ² ( English Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran )
Ali Akbar Jabbari ³ ( English Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran )
Mohammad Rezai ⁴ ( English Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran )

Received: 2023-02-08 Accepted : 2023-06-26 Published : 2023-10-01

Keywords: L2 Motivational Self System, International Posture, L2 motivation, learning context, multiple language learning,

Abstract :

AbstractThe present study compares the motivation of Burundi junior high school students from urban and rural settings to learn L2 French and L3 English, mainly focusing on Dörnyei’s (2005, 2009) L2 Motivational Self System. A total of 348 (grade 7 through 9) pupils participated in the present study which used a 40-item questionnaire to collect the data. The results indicated that the students from both learning contexts have distinct motivational dispositions for learning both French and English. French is more popular among rural school learners while English enjoys more popularity among urban school students. Moreover, region-specific differences were found in the participants with learners from rural schools exhibiting more positive motivation to learn both languages than their urban counterparts. The results also revealed that, independent of the region, L2 learning experience and ideal L2 self were the two variables that respectively predicted most the students’ intended effort to learn each target language. One region and language-related difference was that the variable of international posture emerged as a significant contributor to the students’ intended language learning effort only among urban school learners uniquely in relation to their English learning. In the light of the results of this study, pedagogical implications are provided.

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