Unconscious Motivation. Part I: Implicit Attitudes toward L2 Speakers

Autor/in	Al-Hoorie, Ali H.
Titel	Unconscious Motivation. Part I: Implicit Attitudes toward L2 Speakers
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 6 (2016) 3, S.423-454 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2083-5205
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Individual Differences; Correlation; Tests; Reaction Time; Computer Assisted Testing; Personality Traits; Associative Learning; Attitude Measures; Arabs; Semitic Languages; Native Language; Foreign Countries; Negative Attitudes; Positive Attitudes; Statistical Analysis; Likert Scales; Factor Analysis; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Individueller Unterschied; Korrelation; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Reaktionsvermögen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Arab; Araber; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Ausland; Negative Fixierung; Statistische Analyse; Likert-Skala; Faktorenanalyse; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper reports the first investigation in the second language acquisition field assessing learners' implicit attitudes using the Implicit Association Test, a computerized reaction-time measure. Examination of the explicit and implicit attitudes of Arab learners of English (N = 365) showed that, particularly for males, implicit attitudes toward L2 speakers are associated with self-reported openness to the L2 group and with strength of correlations among attitudinal and motivational variables. Implicit attitudes also moderated important paths in the L2 Motivational Self System. The paper concludes that implicit attitudes seem to be a meaningful individual difference variable, adding a new dimension to our understanding of language motivation. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adam Mickiewicz University Department of English Studies. Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Ul. Nowy Swiat 28-30, 62-800 Kailsz, Poland. e-mail: ssllt@amu.edu.pll; Web site: http://ssllt.amu.edu.pl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01