The Effects of Classroom Intervention Strategies on Language Learner Motivation

This article reports on a study that deals with learner motivation in adolescent language learning. Specifically, it focuses on the impact on motivation following the introduction of two intervention strategies into the adolescent classroom: delegation of material and task selection to the student...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e19b8e7ca1fb4239b3205399219be5612021-11-27T16:07:13ZThe Effects of Classroom Intervention Strategies on Language Learner Motivation0332-205X2565-6325https://doaj.org/article/e19b8e7ca1fb4239b3205399219be5612021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/683https://doaj.org/toc/0332-205Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2565-6325 This article reports on a study that deals with learner motivation in adolescent language learning. Specifically, it focuses on the impact on motivation following the introduction of two intervention strategies into the adolescent classroom: delegation of material and task selection to the student and promotion of self-evaluation. The study involved 32 students learning Spanish as a foreign language in a secondary school in Ireland. One teacher from the school helped facilitate the study. The results indicate that motivation levels increased significantly among those students who participated in learning using the intervention strategies. The findings suggest that adolescent learners should actively participate in the learning process and would gain from the implementation of these or similar intervention strategies in the classroom context. Máirín KellyThe Irish Association for Applied Linguisticsarticlelearner motivationautonomous learningSecond Language Acquisitionintervention strategiesclassroom-based researchPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENGAGDTeanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics , Vol 28 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
GA
GD
topic learner motivation
autonomous learning
Second Language Acquisition
intervention strategies
classroom-based research
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle learner motivation
autonomous learning
Second Language Acquisition
intervention strategies
classroom-based research
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Máirín Kelly
The Effects of Classroom Intervention Strategies on Language Learner Motivation
description This article reports on a study that deals with learner motivation in adolescent language learning. Specifically, it focuses on the impact on motivation following the introduction of two intervention strategies into the adolescent classroom: delegation of material and task selection to the student and promotion of self-evaluation. The study involved 32 students learning Spanish as a foreign language in a secondary school in Ireland. One teacher from the school helped facilitate the study. The results indicate that motivation levels increased significantly among those students who participated in learning using the intervention strategies. The findings suggest that adolescent learners should actively participate in the learning process and would gain from the implementation of these or similar intervention strategies in the classroom context.
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