Why Are You Learning a Second Language? Motivational Orientations and Self-Determination Theory.

Assesses the validity and reliability of motivation for second language learning among French-English bilingual students. Discussion on the integrative and instrumental orientations as basis for language learning motivation; Comparison between intrinsic motivation (IM) and extrinsic motivation (EM); Relevance of IM and EM to theorizing on the role of orientations.