Motivation of Croatian Foreign Language Students in the Out-of-school Context: a Comparison of English and German ; Zur Motivation kroatischer Fremdsprachenstudierender im außerunterrichtlichen Kontext: Englisch und Deutsch im Vergleich

This article examines the concept of motivation and its role in foreign language learning. In addition to the theoretical basis and an overview of the relevant research, a small-scale quantitative research among English and German language and literature students is used to identify potential differences in motivated behavior in the out-of-school context and in self-assessment of language competence. The results of the statistical analysis show that these two variables correlate positively with each other and that, compared to German studies students, English studies students exhibit significantly more foreign language motivated behavior in the form of various activities in the out-of-school context and rate their language competence significantly higher. The results point to the multi-layered and complex nature of motivation and are interpreted in the context of the Croatian formal education and the broader social context. ; Članek obravnava pojem motivacije in njeno vlogo pri učenju tujih jezikov. Poleg teoretične podlage in pregleda relevantnih raziskav skuša z manjšo kvantitativno raziskavo med študenti anglistike in germanistike ugotoviti morebitne razlike v motiviranem vedenju v sklopu izvenštudijskih dejavnosti in pri samoocenjevanju jezikovne kompetence. Rezultati statistične analize ka- žejo, da sta ti dve spremenljivki med seboj pozitivno recipročni in da študenti anglistike v primerjavi s študenti germanistike izkazujejo bistveno več tujejezikovno motiviranega vedenja v obliki različnih izvenštudijskih dejavnosti ter bistveno višje ocenjujejo svojo jezikovno kompetenco. Rezultati kažejo na večplastno in kompleksno naravo motivacije ter so interpretirani v sklopu formalnega izobraževanja in širšega družbenega konteksta na Hrvaškem.