Burić, Katarina.
(2014).
The nature of motivation in learners with special needs:
the case of blind learners of English as L2.
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of English Language and Literature.
[mentor Geld, Renata].
Abstract
The research reported in this paper investigates the nature of motivation of three congenitally blind learners of English as L2. The main aim of this exploratory study is to get insight into various factors influencing their motivation. The study is based on the data gathered during classroom observations and the questionnaire in the form of an interview. The author provides detailed participants’ profiles and discusses the results, connecting them to motivational paradigms proposed by Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović and Zoltán Dörnyei. The results show that the nature of motivation of the three blind learners of English differs significantly. Also, the author discusses both motivating factors and the concept of lack of motivation in blind learners and indicates their possible sources.
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