{"title":"A Proposal for a Study on the Relationship between Three Learning Motivations and Second Language Acquisition in ESL Classrooms","authors":"静 吴","doi":"10.12677/ml.2023.1110629","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research proposal is to explore the effects that different learning motivations have on second language acquisition in a classroom of adult ESL students and to summarize their relationships. This paper focuses on three types of SLA motivation: 1) Ideal self, 2) Ought-to self and 3) Anti-ought-to self. The data designed for analysis will come from 100 freshmen scholars who speak English as a second language from different countries randomly located in different community colleges. They will participate in the experiment by filling out questionnaires and answering semi-open-ended interviews. The expected results of the experiment show that in second language learning, students’ different motivations may have different effects on their ESL learning outcomes. Among them, ought-to self may be inversely related to the acquisition of outcomes, while ideal self and anti-ought-to self may be positively related to the acquisition of outcomes.","PeriodicalId":65210,"journal":{"name":"现代语言学","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"现代语言学","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12677/ml.2023.1110629","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The purpose of this research proposal is to explore the effects that different learning motivations have on second language acquisition in a classroom of adult ESL students and to summarize their relationships. This paper focuses on three types of SLA motivation: 1) Ideal self, 2) Ought-to self and 3) Anti-ought-to self. The data designed for analysis will come from 100 freshmen scholars who speak English as a second language from different countries randomly located in different community colleges. They will participate in the experiment by filling out questionnaires and answering semi-open-ended interviews. The expected results of the experiment show that in second language learning, students’ different motivations may have different effects on their ESL learning outcomes. Among them, ought-to self may be inversely related to the acquisition of outcomes, while ideal self and anti-ought-to self may be positively related to the acquisition of outcomes.