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Developing internal and external motivations towards the dominant language: Some data from Finland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2015

László Vincze ,
Anna Henning-Lindblom  and
Peter Holley
László Vincze
Affiliation:
Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland Snellmaninkatu 12, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. [email protected]
Anna Henning-Lindblom
Affiliation:
Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland Snellmaninkatu 12, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. [email protected]
Peter Holley
Affiliation:
Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland Snellmaninkatu 12, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. [email protected]
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Abstract

Taking a self-determination perspective, the present study aims at assessing how the linguistic background shapes internal and external motivation towards Finnish among young Swedish-speaking Finns. Self-report questionnaire data were collected in 2014 among students in Swedish language secondary schools in Esbo/Espoo and Raseborg/Raasepori in Finland (N = 233). The results demonstrated that bilinguals are more internally motivated towards Finnish, whereas Swedish speakers are more externally motivated towards Finnish. Furthermore, while Swedish speakers in both Swedish-dominated and Finnish-dominated localities reported the same level of external motivation, bilinguals in the Swedish-dominated locality reported higher level of external motivation than did bilinguals in the Finnish-dominated locality. These findings and their theoretical implications are discussed.

Keywords

bilingualismexternal motivationinternal motivationself-determinationSwedish in Finland
Type
Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , December 2015 , pp. 339 - 349
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2015 

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