JEFL Senior High Learners' Motivational Trajectories

Mining Their Stimulated Recall Essays

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to investigate the motivational trajectories of the learners of English as a foreign language at senior high school, by listening to their messages. A set of surveys, including a questionnaire on motivation and their experience of L2 learning, and learners' needs, their protocol, and lesson self-evaluation were conducted on thirty-three students, along with a series of term tests in English II for evaluation. Quantitative data were processed to show how their basic abilities and willingness to study developed positively. Qualitative data, including their stimulated recall essays in the final test, were analyzed through the text mining approach, and classified within L2 Learning Motivation Framework. It revealed that they learned through PCPP-style lessons with structured educational support from their instructor, and regained L2 motivation, showing L2 Ideal Self and International Posture.