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@article{item_3223311,
title = {{Exploring the motivational antecedents of Nepalese learners of L2 English}},
author = {Schmidtke-Bode, Karsten and Kachel, Gregor},
language = {eng},
issn = {1613-4141},
doi = {10.1515/iral-2017-0037},
publisher = {De Gruyter Mouton},
address = {Berlin, Boston},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-07},
abstract = {{This paper is the first to examine the motivational disposition of Nepalese learners of L2 English. Based on an adapted version of the questionnaire in (Kormos, Judit {\&} Kata Csiz{\'e}r. 2008. Age-related differences in motivation of learning English as a foreign language: Attitudes, selves, and motivated behavior. Language Learning 58. 327{\textendash}355. Doi:10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00443.x.), we test the robustness and culture-specific applicability of well-known motivational antecedents to this learner population, and we investigate how the effects of these antecedents are mediated by the learners{\textquoteright} gender, age and regional aspects of the educational setting. In doing so, we offer novel ways of analyzing the data: Firstly, we employ random forests and conditional inference trees for assessing the relative importance of motivational antecedents. Secondly, we complement the traditional {\textquoteleft}scale-based approach{\textquoteright}, which focuses on holistic constructs like the {\textquoteleft}Ideal L2 Self{\textquoteright}, with an {\textquoteleft}item-based approach{\textquoteright} that highlights more specific components of such scales. The results are interpreted with reference to the L2 Motivational Self System (D{\"o}rnyei, Zolt{\'a}n. 2005. The psychology of the language learner: Individual differences in second language acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum) and to previous studies on other Asian populations of L2 learners.}},
journal = {{International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching}},
}