Engineering students’ instrumental motivation and positive attitude towards learning English in a trilingual tertiary setting

  1. Joseba M. González Ardeo
Revista:
Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE )

ISSN: 1139-7241

Año de publicación: 2016

Número: 32

Páginas: 179-200

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Este estudio exploratorio a pequeña escala se centra en la actitud hacia el aprendizaje del inglés y los niveles de motivación de 132 estudiantes de ingeniería de la Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (España). También se evalúa el grado en el que ellos se consideran competentes en tres idiomas (Euskera/Español/Inglés). Para valorar estas variables, se usa un cuestionario de 35 puntos. Los participantes estaban recibiendo un curso de IFE (Inglés para Fines Específicos) y estaban familiarizados con el inglés como lengua vehicular a través de cursos de Aprendizaje Integrado de Contenidos y Lenguas Extranjeras (AICLE) y/o Inglés como Medio de Instrucción. Los resultados demuestran que su actitud es positiva y que ha mejorado desde 2003, a pesar de ciertos hechos históricos relacionados con la lengua minoritaria (Euskera). Con respecto a la motivación, los estudiantes muestran un alto nivel de orientación instrumental pero un bajo nivel de motivación extrínseca-integrativa. También se observan niveles relativamente altos de motivación intrínseca, no muy alejados de los niveles de motivación extrínseca-instrumental. La lengua materna de los estudiantes (Euskera vs. Español vs. Euskera/Español) no afecta a los resultados de forma significativa. Finalmente, se observan altos niveles de confianza auto percibida con respecto a su dominio del inglés

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