Using Expectancy Value Theory to understand motivation, persistence, and achievement in university‐level foreign language learning

• Published in: Foreign language annals Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 1238 - 1256
• Main Author: Nagle, Charles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria Wiley 01.12.2021; American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Subjects: Academic Persistence; Behavior; College students; Communicative competence; Communicative Competence (Languages); Curricula; Decision Making; Educational Environment; Educational objectives; Enrollments; Foreign language learning; Grades (Scholastic); higher education; Language Enrollment; Learning Motivation; Learning outcomes; Motivation; Opportunity costs; Outcomes of Education; Prediction; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Self image; Spanish; Spanish as a second language; Student Attitudes; Student Interests; Student Motivation; Success; survey research; Undergraduate Students; University students; Willingness to communicate

Most students take language courses at university, but only a fraction go beyond the introductory and intermediate levels despite the fact that continued study is likely necessary to achieve full communicative competence in the target language. By shedding light on the motivational pathways that pre...