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

  • László Vincze, Anna Henning-Lindblom, Peter Holley
  • Journal:
    Nordic Journal of Linguistics / Volume 38 / Issue 3 / December 2015
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    12 November 2015, pp. 339-349

  • 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.