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- Title
CATEGORIZING GOALS IN L2 LEARNING AND METHODOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS: A CASE STUDY.
- Authors
GÓMEZ MARTÍNEZ, SUSANA
- Abstract
This research represents an investigation of the goals in L2 learning and attempts to link empirical findings to English language programme planning and pedagogy. Following a critical analysis and evaluation of the most representative research on the topic to date, the results obtained from the empirical analysis carried out with 352 users of English as L2 are explained and discussed in light of the Spanish context. Goals in L2 learning are classified into four different profiles: two traditional ones which account for the "integrative" and "instrumental" reasons, and two new ones, labelled as "discoverer" and "practically minded," which turned out to be the most representative and illustrative profiles defining the context studied. The results allow us (i) to question the traditional strict instrumental-integrative dichotomy, (ii) to get a closer and more detailed view of our students' goals, needs and interests, and (iii) to propose some implications for the language classroom.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language education; LEARNING; LANGUAGE teachers; TEACHING methods
- Publication
RaeL: Revista Electrónica de Lingüística Aplicada, 2010, Issue 9, p184
- ISSN
1885-9089
- Publication type
Case Study