Shifting motivational discourses among mainland Chinese students in an English medium tertiary institution in Hong Kong: A longitudinal inquiry

Shifting motivational discourses among mainland Chinese students in an English medium tertiary institution in Hong Kong: A longitudinal inquiry

• Gao, Xuesong Hong Kong Institute of Education

Studies in Higher Education, 33(5), 599-614, 2008

Routledge

2008

• C Psychology & Learning
  • CC Motivation of Learning
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AC Socialization, Self-concept, Self-esteem, Identity, Affective, Emotional, Psycho-social & Moral Development

Socialization Learning Motivation Foreign Countries English (Second Language) Longitudinal Studies Learning Experience Ethnography Interviews Shift Studies Context Effect Discourse Analysis Student Attitudes Postsecondary Education Cross Cultural Studies Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This article draws on a longitudinal study of a group of mainland Chinese students' English learning experiences in an English medium university in Hong Kong, and explores the dynamic nature of their language learning motivation prior to and after their arrival in Hong Kong. The study identified context-mediated and self-determined elements in the participants' learning motivational discourses. The context-mediated motivational discourses echoed the societal discourses of learning, and were shaped by the contextual conditions on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong, including the roles of English, academic competition and medium of instruction. Through an extended socialization process, mediated by various social agents, some of these context-mediated motivational discourses became internalized and transformed into self-determined ones among many participants in later stages of their learning. The article argues for an integrated perspective, viewing learner motivation as a dynamic construct emerging from learners' interaction with contextual conditions.
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• English

Journal Articles

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• 10.1080/03075070802373107

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2010-09-27