Publications

Publication details [#65269]

Tanaka, Yumi and Aya Kutsuki. 2018. Motivation for learning English in the immersion environment of an international school in Japan. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 21 (6) : 729–743.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | motivation | primary school | school | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

English | Japanese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This inquiry explored motivation toward English learning amid L1 English and L1 Japanese and bilingual L1 English-Japanese students at an international elementary school in Japan. It displays intrinsic-extrinsic motivation distinction and three kinds of regulation on the self-determination continuum.