ESL Term:
Instrumental Motivation
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instrumental motivation:
Wanting to learn a language for the purpose of obtaining some concrete goals such as a job, graduation, or the ability to read academic materials. This form of motivation is thought to be less likely to lead to success than integrative motivation. For an interesting article discussing this visit the Internet TESL Journal. http://iteslj.org/Articles/Norris-Motivation.html