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Affiliation of Author(s):英语学院
Journal:Sustainability
Funded by:国家社科基金项目
Abstract:Inadequate research attention has been paid to the learning of a third language. For this reason, this study explores senior English major students’ learning of additional foreign languages in seven universities in Shaanxi Province, China. The study examines the relationship between the participants’ motivation and language proficiency through a questionnaire, and the collected data are analyzed using hierarchical linear regression analysis. The results identify that the participants’ instrumental and integrative motivations positively influence their second foreign language proficiency. Further analysis reveals that the connection between the participants’ motivation and language proficiency is mediated by foreign language enjoyment. These findings form the basis of our suggestions for the sustainable learning and teaching of foreign languages in universities.
Indexed by:Journal paper
Volume:1
Number of Words:10000
ISSN No.:1937-0709
Translation or Not:no
Date of Publication:2020-02-11
First Author:wangyingchong
Co-author:戴颖,张慧玉
