The Prediction and Mediation Effect of Motivational Strength: From Ought-to L2 Self to Ideal L2 Self

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Title:	The Prediction and Mediation Effect of Motivational Strength: From Ought-to L2 Self to Ideal L2 Self
Other Titles:	英語學習動機的預測與中介效果：從必須我到理想我
Authors:	Yi-Ti Lin
Keywords:	mediation effect;ought-to L2 self;ideal L2 self;motivational strength;中介效果;必須我;理想我;學習動機
Date:	2016-06
Issue Date:	2016-04-22 13:18:02 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	國立政治大學教育學院
Abstract:	In recent years, studies based on Dornyei’s (2005, 2009) L2 motivational self system have focused on the impacts of selves as motivators in second/foreign language learning, but research on the relationship between ideal L2 self and ought-to L2 self is still scant. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the interrelationship among ideal L2 self, ought-to L2 self, and motivational strength of English learners in Taiwan and the mediation effect of ideal L2 self between ought-to L2 self and motivational strength. A total of 604 Taiwanese university students participated in this study. A questionnaire comprised of three latent variables, ought-to L2 self, ideal L2 self, and motivational strength, was distributed and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results showed that both ideal L2 self and ought-to L2 self significantly predicted motivational strength, and there was a partial mediation effect with the ideal L2 self as a mediator between the ought-to L2 self and the motivational strength. The findings suggest an alternative explanation that ideal L2 self and ought-to L2 self may not be constructs of the same level, but rather, there is a causal relationship between the two in the cognitive developmental process. 近期以Dornyei（2005, 2009）第二語言自我形象動機理論（L2 motivational self system）為基礎的研究大多集中在自我（selves）對於外語學習動機之影響。然而，第二語言自我形象動機理論中所強調的必須我（ought-to L2 self）和理想我（ideal L2 self）之相關性研究仍相當缺乏。因此，本研究旨在探討臺灣英語學習者的必須我、理想我和英語學習動機之間的相關性，並透過結構方程模式（structural equation modeling）分析必須我和理想我對英語學習動機的預測，以及理想我的中介效果。共有604位臺灣大學生參與此研究。問卷包含必須我、理想我和英語學習動機三個潛在變項。根據路徑分析（path analysis）結果顯示，必須我和理想我皆能預測臺灣英語學習者的學習動機，而理想我有較顯著的預測力。另外，以必須我預測英語學習動機時，需考量理想我的部分中介效果。此研究除驗證必須我、理想我和英語學習動機之間的相關性外，並提出必須我和理想我在認知發展歷程中不同層面的因果關係。
Relation:	教育與心理研究 39(2), p.61-85
DOI:	10.3966/102498852016063902003
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute & Department of English] Journal Article

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