Department of Philology
Library of the School of Philosophy

2017-06-13

2017

Sykara Georgia

Σπυριδούλα Μπέλλα, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Διονύσιος Γούτσος, Καθηγητής Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Μαρία Ιακώβου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Γεώργιος Μαρκόπουλος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Μαρία Κακριδή, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Γεώργιος Μικρός, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιταλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Αγγελική Αλεξοπούλου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ισπανικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ

Κίνητρα και στρατηγικές εκμάθησης των μαθητών της Ελληνικής ως δεύτερης γλώσσας

Greek

Motivation and learning strategies of Greek (L2) learners

The aim of the dissertation is to investigate the motivation and the learning strategies when learning Greek as a second language. The research questions try to identify the motives for students who learn Greek in Greece and the language learning strategies they choose. In addition this dissertation explores the relationship between motivation and language learning strategies as well as their correlation to factors such as the type of the language learning program, the level of language proficiency and the length of stay in Greece.
In order for the motives to be studied, the L2 Motivational Self-System was adopted (L2MSS, Dörnyei 2005). The motivation is approached through the concept of the self. The L2 Motivational Self-System consists of the following three components: ideal self, ought-to ideal self and learning experience. Moreover, the concept of instrumentality promotion and instrumentality prevention were adopted as later additions to L2MSS. The motivation scheme in this dissertation is completed with the attitudes toward L2 community in accordance to the third component of the model, the L2 learning experience.
Attitudes toward L2 community were identified as an important motivation factor due to the particular characteristics of this research, related to its subject. The subject of the dissertation is learning a language as a second rather than learning a language in terms of foreign one, for which the L2MSS was proposed and applied. Therefore it was necessary to assess the attitudes towards the L2 community as motivation for language learning. The Oxford (1990) taxonomy of language learning strategies was chosen. Oxford divides language learning strategies into two main classes, direct and indirect, which are further subdivided into 6 categories (memory, cognitive, compensation, metacognitive, affective and social strategies).
For the research purposes of this thesis quantitative research was designed and conducted. Data were collected by completing separate questionnaires on motivation and learning strategies. 280 adult foreign students who participated in different Greek language learning programs constituted the study group. They differed in several features such as age and length of stay in Greece.
The statistical analysis of the data revealed that students of Greek as a second language have motivation, with the most important one the attitude toward language learning and its community. In addition the ideal self and instrumentality promotion were proved strong motives. Regarding the strategies we showed that students more frequently choose social strategies followed by metacognitive, cognitive and compensation strategies. As to the relationship between motivation and strategies, it was demonstrated that motivation was significantly associated with every type of strategies while the strongest correlation was observed between the strategies and the ideal self, all the attitudes and the instrumentality promotion. Finally, it turned out that while the type of language-learning program affects the choice of language learning strategies, the language level, gender and the length of stay in Greece do not.

Linguistics

Education
Adult education
Greek language

motivation, language learning strategies, Greek as L2, L2 Motivational Self-System

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