The Effects of Preschool English Learning to Third-grade Elementary Students’ English Learning Motivation Amber Chen YE4B 1101100078

Outline Introduction Literature Review Methodology Results & Discussion Conclusion

Introduction World-wide foreign language The average age of starting learning English in Taiwan ↓ The importance of motivation in language learning

Purpose of the study To find out students’ English learning background To analyze students’ English learning motivation To analyze the effects of preschool and lower grade English learning to students’ motivation

Literature Review Motivation Integrative motivation & instrumental Intrinsic motivation & extrinsic motivation

Methodology Participants: 120 third grade students Measurement: Paper questionnaire Questionnaire: Section 1 Students’ English learning background Section 2 Adapted from Hsu’s self-designed “EFL Learning Motivation Scale (2004).”

Students’ English learning background Results & Discussion Students’ English learning background

Results & Discussion motivation Students’ attitude in English learning Extrinsic motivation　2 Intrinsic motivation　4 School courses　1 Outside learning　3

Results & Discussion Descriptive Statements Strongly Disagree (%) Strongly Agree S1. I learn English because I want to get good grades at school. 12.8 30.3 22.9 33.9 S2. I learn English because it is an important international language. 11.9 26.6 49.5 S3. I learn English because knowing English well can get complement from other people. 28.4 36.7 16.5 18.3 S4. I learn English because I can find a good job in the future. 9.2 22.0 27.5 41.3 S5. I learn English because I can be more competent in the future. 17.4 25.7 S6. I learn English because I can use it to communicate with foreigners while traveling in other country. 8.3 14.7 59.6

Results & Discussion Descriptive Statements Strongly Disagree (%) Strongly Agree S7. I learn English because of interest. 15.6 27.5 33.9 22.9 S8. Learning English makes me become more confident. 8.3 31.2 33.0 S9. I learn English because I want to improve myself. 5.5 14.7 46.8 S10. I learn English because I think I have talents of learning English. 19.3 22.0 S11. I learn English because I can understand different cultures. 11.0 S12. I learn English because I want to read more challengeable English articles. 29.4 24.8

Results & Discussion Descriptive Statements Strongly Disagree (%) Strongly Agree S13. I usually listen to text audio to improve English listening comprehension. 18.3 21.1 16.5 44.0 S14. I usually recite the text or conversation to improve English speaking comprehension. 10.1 17.4 30.3 42.2 S15. I study English actively so I do not study it until having a test. 13.8 22.9 40.4 S16. I do English homework carefully. 5.5 28.4 56.0 S17. I correct English test papers carefully. 11.0 60.6 S18. I study hard and prepare well for English tests. 3.7 23.9 58.7

Results & Discussion Descriptive Statements Strongly Disagree (%) Strongly Agree S19. I listen carefully to English songs. 3.7 16.5 19.3 60.6 S20. I sometimes use English to talk to friends and family. 25.7 22.0 26.6 S21. I cherish the opportunity to talk to foreigners to improve English speaking comprehension. 23.9 22.9 21.1 32.1 S22. I connect English with my daily life. 30.3 S23. While reading English magazines or books, I try my best to understand them. 14.7 35.8 S24. While seeing unknown English vocabularies in daily life, I will look them up in the dictionary. 34.9

Students’ learning motivation Results & Discussion Spearman's Rank Order correlation Having experience of English learning before third-grade in elementary school Students’ learning motivation Only S5 and S21 have positive correlation between and students’ English learning motivation (r=-.243 and -.262). However there is no significant relationship between them (p>.05).

Conclusion Most of the students still started learning English from kindergarten School should come up courses that can increase students’ motivation It is unnecessary to force or let children learn English before third grade

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