Motivation and E-Learning English as a foreign language: A qualitative study

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02394

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2019

Publication Title

Heliyon

Abstract

The motivation to learn a foreign language is a complex process. According to the Ministry of National Education of Colombia -MEN-, speaking English is a generic competence to be developed at all educational levels. In this regard and based on the Theory of Self-Determination -SDT-, this qualitative phenomenological study aims to identify and analyse the aspects related to the motivation to learn English in undergraduate students of the Virtual and Distance modalities -E-Learning-. The main instrument used for data collection was a semi-structured individual interviews. The participants in the research were a group of 16 women and 3 men. The analysis was carried out through semantic categorizations and with the support of NVivo 11 software, which lets assume that motivation for learning English is strongly influenced by external factors.

Volume

5

Issue

9

ISSN

24058440

Identifier

SCOPUS_ID:85071946799

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