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

2. Outline Introduction Literature Review Methodology
Results & Discussion
Conclusion

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

4. 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

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

6. 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).”

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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).

14. 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

15. Thank you for your listening!