Students’ motivation on learning Portuguese as a Foreign Language Course: A case study on the University of the Witwatersrand and University of Mpumalanga

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dc.contributor.authorAdão, Roberto
dc.contributor.supervisorCampos, Marta
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-16T12:10:15Z
dc.date.available2024-08-16T12:10:15Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.departmentDepartment of Portuguese Language
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Portuguese) to the Faculty of Humanities, School of Literature, Language and Media, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023.
dc.description.abstractMotivation is one of the most significant and determining factors in language learning, therefore it is important to study the different ways in which motivation influences students in their foreign language studies. This dissertation investigates university students’ motivation for learning Portuguese as a foreign language course at two South African universities. This study aimed to identify the principal factors which motivate students to study Portuguese as a foreign language at two universities: along with determining the possible similarities and differences between the students’ sources of motivation for learning Portuguese at each respective university as a foreign language. The study took place at two universities namely, the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the University of Mpumalanga. Both universities currently offer Portuguese as a language course within their respective Bachelor of Arts degrees. Through the application of a questionnaire and obtaining quantitative data from the student’s responses, in addition to the use of the Likert scale and descriptive statistics (mode, mean and standard deviation), students’ sources of motivation were possible to assess and interpret in a numerical form, as regards their learning of Portuguese with the objective of expanding their proficiency in the Portuguese language.
dc.description.abstractA motivação é um dos fatores mais significativos e determinantes na aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras. Como tal, é importante estudar as suas diferentes formas de influenciar os estudantes na sua aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras. Esta dissertação investiga a motivação de estudantes universitários na sua aprendizagem de português como língua estrangeira na África do Sul. Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar os principais fatores que motivam os estudantes a aprender português como língua estrangeira em duas universidades sul-africanas, além de determinar as possíveis semelhanças e diferenças nas origens da motivação dos alunos para aprenderem português, em cada uma das universidades. Foi realizado em duas universidades, nomeadamente, a Universidade de Witwatersrand, em Joanesburgo, e a Universidade de Mpumalanga. As duas universidades oferecem atualmente o curso de português como língua estrangeira no âmbito da sua Licenciatura em Artes. Através da aplicação de um questionário e da obtenção de dados quantitativos a partir das respostas dos estudantes, bem como do uso da escala de Likert e da estatística descritiva (moda, média e desvio padrão), foi possível avaliar e interpretar de forma numérica as origens da motivação dos estudantes, que aprendem português com vista a expandir a sua proficiência na língua portuguesa.
dc.description.submitterMM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifierhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3145-2539
dc.identifier.citationAdão, Roberto. (2023). Students’ motivation on learning Portuguese as a Foreign Language Course: A case study on the University of the Witwatersrand and University of Mpumalanga. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40161
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/40161
dc.languagePortuguese
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolSchool of Literature, Language and Media
dc.subjectMotivation
dc.subjectPortuguese
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectForeign language learning
dc.subjectUniversity students
dc.subjectBachelor of Arts
dc.subjectIntegrative orientation
dc.subjectInstrumental orientation
dc.subjectIntrinsic motivation
dc.subjectExtrinsic motivation
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectMotivação
dc.subjectPortuguês
dc.subjectÁfrica do Sul
dc.subjectAprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras
dc.subjectEstudantes universitários
dc.subjectLicenciatura em artes
dc.subjectOrientação integrativa
dc.subjectOrientação instrumental
dc.subjectMotivação intrínseca
dc.subjectMotivação extrínseca
dc.subject.otherSDG-4: Quality education
dc.titleStudents’ motivation on learning Portuguese as a Foreign Language Course: A case study on the University of the Witwatersrand and University of Mpumalanga
dc.typeDissertation
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