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26-10-2023 | Original Paper

Learning a Foreign Language under the Influence of Parents: Parental Involvement and Children’s English Learning Motivational Profiles

Auteurs: Naya Choi, Suji Jung, Boram No

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 1/2024

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Abstract

This study aimed to identify the English learning motivational profiles of elementary-school-aged children based on self-determination theory and to verify if parental involvement can predict a child’s English learning motivational profile classification. In a sample of 539 South Korean elementary-school-aged children, latent profile analysis revealed four English learning motivational profile groups: (1) children with the highest levels of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and the lowest level of amotivation (high quantity), (2) children with a comparatively high level of extrinsic motivation and comparatively low levels of intrinsic motivation and amotivation (low quality with low amotivation), (3) children with comparatively high levels of extrinsic motivation and amotivation coupled with a low level of intrinsic motivation (low quality with high amotivation), and (4) children with the lowest levels of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation coupled with the highest level of amotivation (low quantity). In addition, we found children’s English learning motivational profiles can be predicted by parental involvement. The results indicate that when parents respect children’s learning style, offer learning information, and provide emotional support, children are more likely to have better quality or higher quantity motivational profiles. Conversely, parental pressure was related to worse quality or lower quantity motivational profiles. The implications of the study are discussed in terms of South Korean parent-child relationships and the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Learning a Foreign Language under the Influence of Parents: Parental Involvement and Children’s English Learning Motivational Profiles
Auteurs
Naya Choi
Suji Jung
Boram No
Publicatiedatum
26-10-2023
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02701-1