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Attitude and motivation towards a working language: case of East Timorese students in the Philippines

This study explores the attitude and motivation of ten East Timorese students in the Philippines towards English, one of East Timor’s two working languages. Five themes corresponding to the research questions emerged from the semi-structured interviews conducted in this qualitative study: (1) Engl...

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Main Author: Edward Jay Mansarate Quinto,
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Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8492/1/6858-22953-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.84922016-12-14T06:47:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8492/ Attitude and motivation towards a working language: case of East Timorese students in the Philippines Edward Jay Mansarate Quinto, This study explores the attitude and motivation of ten East Timorese students in the Philippines towards English, one of East Timor’s two working languages. Five themes corresponding to the research questions emerged from the semi-structured interviews conducted in this qualitative study: (1) English as a favored language, (2) English as an indicator of competence, (3) English as a vehicle for communication, (4) English as an edge in the workplace, and (5) English as a global/international status marker. Results point to the participants’ favorable attitude toward English because of its value as a linguistic tool, an instrument in the achievement of personal and career goals, and a utilitarian language. Based on a proposed four-fold typology, the researcher found that the participants are driven because of their favorable attitude and instrumental motivation toward English. The results challenge EFL teachers to consider the difference between English taught as a foreign language and English learned as a foreign language, as the former is conservative and to a certain extent prescriptivist, whereas the latter takes into account the attitudinal and motivational aspects of language learning which are a necessary component of any successful learning of a language. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8492/1/6858-22953-1-PB.pdf Edward Jay Mansarate Quinto, (2015) Attitude and motivation towards a working language: case of East Timorese students in the Philippines. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 21 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/index
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description This study explores the attitude and motivation of ten East Timorese students in the Philippines towards English, one of East Timor’s two working languages. Five themes corresponding to the research questions emerged from the semi-structured interviews conducted in this qualitative study: (1) English as a favored language, (2) English as an indicator of competence, (3) English as a vehicle for communication, (4) English as an edge in the workplace, and (5) English as a global/international status marker. Results point to the participants’ favorable attitude toward English because of its value as a linguistic tool, an instrument in the achievement of personal and career goals, and a utilitarian language. Based on a proposed four-fold typology, the researcher found that the participants are driven because of their favorable attitude and instrumental motivation toward English. The results challenge EFL teachers to consider the difference between English taught as a foreign language and English learned as a foreign language, as the former is conservative and to a certain extent prescriptivist, whereas the latter takes into account the attitudinal and motivational aspects of language learning which are a necessary component of any successful learning of a language.
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title Attitude and motivation towards a working language: case of East Timorese students in the Philippines
title_short Attitude and motivation towards a working language: case of East Timorese students in the Philippines
title_full Attitude and motivation towards a working language: case of East Timorese students in the Philippines
title_fullStr Attitude and motivation towards a working language: case of East Timorese students in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Attitude and motivation towards a working language: case of East Timorese students in the Philippines
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publisher Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
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