한국인 대학생 아랍어 학습자들의 제2언어 동기 자아체계에 관한 연구

The L2 Motivational Self System of the Korean College Students to Study Arabic

The present study is designed to investigate Korean Arabic learners’ motivation in university settings, mainly focusing on Dörnyei’s (2005, 2009) L2 Motivational Self System. A total of 375 college students, including 111 Arabic majors and 264 non-Arabic majors, participated in a questionnaire survey. The results support the validity of Dörnyei’s L2 Motivational Self System in investigating Korean Arabic learners’ motivation. For them, attitude toward Arab culture and Arabs were the most significant factors influencing learners’ intended effort in learning Arabic, followed by learning attitudes, promotional instrumentality, and the ideal L2 self. The study also compared the survey results and the results of some previous experimental studies on Dörnyei’s system which were conducted mainly with EFL learners in order to find out some similarities and differences between Arabic learners and English learners. Finally, the present study proposes some meaningful educational implications for Arabic teachers based on these key findings.