EXPLORING EXPECTANCY THEORY AS MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING FRENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACROSS GENDER

Authors

  • Omrah Hassan @ Hussin Jabatan Bahasa Asing, Fakulti Bahasa Moden dan Komunikasi, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Noor Hanim Rahmat Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor, Campus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
  • Saidah Ismail Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
  • Nor Azhar Mohd Taib Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v5i5.3946

Keywords:

French language, online learning, valence, instrumentality, expectancy

Abstract

Previously many language teachers feared that online learning may not give the same impact that it had for face-to-face learning. Nevertheless, now, online learning has become a new norm. More studies on online language learning have emerged. Past studies have shown that the success (or failure) of online classes is the strength of the engagement that took place during the online sessions. This study is done to see if there are gender differences in the learning of a foreign language; French; specifically in terms of Valence, instrumentality, expectancy. French as a foreign language across gender. The instrument used is a survey with four sections. Section A looks at the demographic profile, Section B looks at Valence, Section C looks at Instrumentality and Section D looks at Expectancy. A total of 170 learners responded to the survey. 44 of them were male learners, while 126 were female. Findings revealed variations in gender motivation and perceptions of online language learning.

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Author Biographies

  • Omrah Hassan @ Hussin, Jabatan Bahasa Asing, Fakulti Bahasa Moden dan Komunikasi, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
    Omrah Hassan @ Hussin has taught in the university for over 20 years. His areas of interest are in Comparative Linguistics, translation and teaching French as foreign language.
  • Noor Hanim Rahmat, Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor, Campus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
    Noor Hanim Rahmat has taught in the university for over 26 years. Her research interests are TESL, Educational Psychology, Academic Writing and Academic Reading.
  • Saidah Ismail, Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
    Saidah Ismail has been teaching French for more than 10 years. Her areas of interest are in linguistics, sociolinguistics and teaching French as foreign language.
  • Nor Azhar Mohd Taib, Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
    Nor Azhar has been teaching French for 13 years. His interests are Teaching French with technology and all related topics on methodologies of teaching French.

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2021-09-23

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