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Mori Setsuko (2002). Redefining Motivation to Read in Foreign Language

Reading in a Foreign Language, Volume 14, No. 2, October 2002, 1539-0578

Setsuko Mori, in his article “Redefining Motivation to Read in Foreign Language”, explains that the most important factor in the success of the reading program is reading motivation itself. Foreign language reading motivation is the issue addressed in “Redefining Motivation to Read in Foreign Language” by Setsuko Mori. The author adopts the original questionnaires from the theory of reading motivation in L1 by Wigfield and Guthrie's (1995, 1997) to obtain the data for his study, however most of the questionnaires in Setsuko Mori's study is slightly different from the one used by Wigfield and Guthrie as a result of the differences in the objects of the study and the setting. The participants in this study were university students learning to read in a foreign language. The findings of the statistical analysis suggest that there are four sub-components in motivation to read in English, specifically (1) Intrinsic Value of Reading in English, refers to how much the joy and fun delivers when reading the specific task given (2) Attainment Value of Reading in English, it refers on how individual perceive the importance of success in a given assignment (3) Extrinsic Utility Value of Reading in English, it refers to the effectiveness of the task given and (4) Expectancy for Success in Reading in English, it refers to the individual's strong believe of their skill to do something. The author conclusion is that foreign language reading is literally very similar to those of general mode of motivation and that there are correlation between reading motivation and reading behaviour. Therefore, the author suggested that we should not easily label students as being either interested or uninterested in reading.