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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022

Understanding the importance of motivational intensity in English as a foreign language context: A structural equation modeling analysis.

Cong Wang, Sida Zhu, Haijing Zhang

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Cong WangDepartment of Chinese Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Sida ZhuDepartment of Chinese Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Haijing ZhangDepartment of Chinese Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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Introduction: Motivational intensity is the effort learners make in language learning. It is an essential component and a direct measurement of L2 motivation. Few studies have distinguished motivational intensity from motivation and explored its role in learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Methods: This study examined 208 university students from Hong Kong to investigate the factors that affect motivational intensity and explored the relationship between motivational intensity and learning motivation using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results and discussion: The students' motivational intensity was affected by personal factors (daily English-learning time and stage of English learning), family factors (monthly household income and parental attitudes), and school factors (English learning engagement and satisfaction). The differences in personal factors, school factors and monthly household income of family factors among different motivational intensity groups were significant whereas the difference in parental attitudes (family factors) between the high- and the low-motivational intensity groups was insignificant. As for the relationship between motivational intensity and motivation, motivational intensity indirectly affected students' intrinsic interest through their attitudes toward native English speakers (β = 0.16,

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Hong Kong university studentslearning English as a foreign languagelearning motivationmotivational intensitystructural equation modeling

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