| What Motivates Chinese University Students to Learn Japanese? Understanding Their Motivation in Terms of ‘Posture’ | |
| Teo，Timothy1; Hoi，Cathy Ka Weng2; Gao，Xuesong3; Lv，Leining4 | |
| 2019-03-01 | |
| Source Publication | Modern Language Journal
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| ISSN | 15404781 00267902 |
| Volume | 103Issue:1Pages:327-342 |
| Abstract | In light of popular nationalism on the rise in China and Japan, this inquiry develops and validates a survey instrument to document university students’ motivation to learn Japanese in mainland China and explore how the learning of a foreign language may lead to better cross-cultural understanding. A total number of 398 Chinese learners of Japanese in Chinese universities participated in the survey and 12 of them participated further in post-survey interviews. The results confirm that participants’ interest in Japan-related products, employment opportunities, and activities contribute to the motivation to learn the language for cross-cultural understanding and undertake cross-cultural exchanges with Japanese people. The results suggest that increased exposure to Japan-related affairs in the media coverage undermines their desire for intercultural communication and increases the approach for interacting with Japanese people. This means it is necessary for Japanese language educators to engage with Japanese language learners and to address macro contextual processes such as rising tensions between the two countries, negative coverage on China in Japan's media, and negative coverage on Japan in the Chinese media. |
| Keyword | Chinese university students Japanese learning mixed method design motivation posture |
| DOI | 10.1111/modl.12546 |
| URL | View the original |
| Language | 英语 |
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| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | Journal article |
| Collection | University of Macau |
| Affiliation | 1.Murdoch University,School of Education,,Murdoch,6150,Australia 2.University of Macau,Faculty of Education,,Taipa,999078,Macao 3.The University of New South Wales,School of Education,UNSW,,Sydney,2052,Australia 4.Shanghai University of Finance and Economics,Faculty of Foreign Languages,,Shanghai Shi,200433,China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Teo，Timothy,Hoi，Cathy Ka Weng,Gao，Xuesong,et al. What Motivates Chinese University Students to Learn Japanese? Understanding Their Motivation in Terms of ‘Posture’[J]. Modern Language Journal,2019,103(1):327-342. |
| APA | Teo，Timothy,Hoi，Cathy Ka Weng,Gao，Xuesong,&Lv，Leining.(2019).What Motivates Chinese University Students to Learn Japanese? Understanding Their Motivation in Terms of ‘Posture’.Modern Language Journal,103(1),327-342. |
| MLA | Teo，Timothy,et al."What Motivates Chinese University Students to Learn Japanese? Understanding Their Motivation in Terms of ‘Posture’".Modern Language Journal 103.1(2019):327-342. |
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