Summary in Chinese. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaf [70]

Law, She Kay Lourdes. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-188). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) --- p.i / ABSTRACT (CHINESE) --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xvii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Language Use in Hong Kong --- p.1 / The Handover and Language Use in Hong Kong --- p.1 / The Significance of Cantonese in Hong Kong --- p.2 / The Significance of English in Hong Kong --- p.3 / The Significance of Putonghua in Hong Kong --- p.4 / Social Identities and Languages in Hong Kong --- p.7 / "Attitudes, Motivation and Orientation: Three Important Ideas to be Discussed in this study" --- p.9 / Purpose of this Study --- p.10 / Significance of this Study --- p.11 / Research Questions --- p.11 / Organization of this Study --- p.12 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.14 / Introduction --- p.14 / Various Motivational Orientations: Attitudes and Motivation Research --- p.14 / Socio-psychological Approach to Motivational Orientations --- p.15 / Socio-educational Model --- p.17 / Integrative and Instrumental Orientations of Motivation --- p.18 / Integrative Orientation of Motivation --- p.18 / Instrumental Orientation of Motivation --- p.18 / Different Views towards Integrative and Instrumental Notions in Explaining Learners' Motivation --- p.19 / Related Integrative and Instrumental Orientations of Motivation Studies --- p.23 / "Additional Motivational Orientations: Friendship, Travel related, Knowledge, and the Media Factor" --- p.27 / Cognitive-situated Approach to Motivational Orientations --- p.30 / Self-determination Theory´ؤIntrinsic and Extrinsic Orientations --- p.30 / Intrinsic Orientation of Motivation --- p.31 / Extrinsic Orientation of Motivation --- p.32 / Amotivation --- p.33 / Influence of Teachers on Intrinsic and Extrinsic Orientations of Motivation --- p.34 / Applying Intrinsic and Extrinsic Orientation of Motivation to HK Context --- p.34 / Attribution Theory --- p.35 / Influences on Learners' Reactions to Learning --- p.36 / Three Main Dimensions of Attributes --- p.39 / "Identity, Language Learners, and Investment of Language Learning" --- p.41 / Identity and Language Learners --- p.41 / Attitudes of Language Learners and Investment of Language Learning --- p.43 / The Notion of Investment and the Notion of Instrumental Motivation --- p.45 / Code-switching and Code-mixing --- p.46 / Definition: Code-switching and Code-mixing --- p.46 / Attitudes towards Languages for Code-switching and Code-mixing in Hong Kong --- p.47 / Summary --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.52 / Introduction --- p.52 / Research Design --- p.52 / Research Questions --- p.52 / Types of Collected Data --- p.53 / Quantitative Approach Adopted in the Present Research --- p.54 / Qualitative Approach Adopted in the Present Research --- p.54 / Two Stages of Data Collection --- p.54 / Participants of the Research --- p.55 / Selection Criteria --- p.55 / Questionnaire Respondents --- p.56 / Stage One: June to July 2006 --- p.56 / Stage Two: September to October 2006 --- p.56 / Questionnaire Collected in the Two Stages of Data Collection --- p.56 / Interviewees --- p.57 / Stage One: June to July 2006 --- p.57 / Stage Two: September to October 2006 --- p.58 / Instrumentation --- p.58 / Questionnaires --- p.58 / Reasons for Using Questionnaires --- p.58 / Design of the Questionnaires --- p.59 / Questionnaire Investigating Participants' Attitudes towards English --- p.60 / Questionnaire Investigating Participants' Attitudes towards Putonghua --- p.61 / Questionnaire Investigating Participants' Attitudes towards Cantonese --- p.62 / Interview --- p.62 / Reason for the Using Semi-structured Interview --- p.63 / Design of Interview Questions --- p.63 / Data Collection and Processing --- p.64 / Questionnaire --- p.64 / Stage One: June to July 2006 --- p.65 / Stage Two: September to October 2006 --- p.65 / Interviews --- p.66 / Stage One: June to July 2006 --- p.66 / Stage Two: September to October 2006 --- p.66 / Data Analysis --- p.67 / Questionnaire --- p.67 / Interviews --- p.67 / Triangulation of Data --- p.68 / Validity and Reliability --- p.68 / Internal Validity --- p.68 / English Proficiency Level --- p.68 / Participant Attrition --- p.69 / Location of Data Collection --- p.70 / Instructions for the Participants --- p.70 / External Validity --- p.71 / Reliability --- p.72 / Ethics --- p.72 / Limitations --- p.73 / Summary --- p.74 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- RESULTS AND FINDINGS --- p.75 / Introduction --- p.75 / "Participants' Attitudes towards English, Putonghua, and Cantonese: Integrative, Instrumental, and Travel Orientation" --- p.75 / English --- p.76 / Putonghua --- p.76 / Cantonese --- p.77 / Participants' Attitudes towards English --- p.77 / Attitudes towards Integrative Orientation --- p.78 / Questionnaire --- p.78 / Interviews --- p.79 / Attitudes towards Instrumental Orientation --- p.81 / Questionnaire --- p.81 / Interviews --- p.83 / Attitudes towards Travel Orientation --- p.85 / Questionnaire --- p.85 / Interviews --- p.86 / Attitudes towards Friendship Orientation --- p.87 / Attitudes towards the Media in English --- p.89 / Attitudes towards Intrinsic Orientation --- p.91 / Attitudes towards Extrinsic Orientation --- p.92 / Influence of Teaching Activities and Style on English Learning --- p.93 / Previous Successes and/or Failures that Contribute to English Learning --- p.94 / Summary --- p.95 / Participants' Attitudes towards Putonghua --- p.95 / Attitudes towards Integrative Orientation --- p.95 / Questionnaire --- p.95 / Interviews --- p.97 / Attitudes towards Instrumental Orientation --- p.98 / Questionnaire --- p.98 / Interviews --- p.100 / Attitudes towards Travel Orientation --- p.101 / Questionnaire --- p.101 / Interviews --- p.102 / Attitudes towards Friendship Orientation --- p.103 / Attitudes towards the Media in Putonghua --- p.105 / Previous Successes and/or Failures that Contribute to Putonghua Learning --- p.107 / Relationship between Putonghua and One's Identity --- p.108 / Attitudes towards Putonghua and Code-switching/mixing --- p.109 / Summary --- p.110 / Participants' Attitudes towards Cantonese --- p.111 / Attitudes towards Integrative Orientation --- p.111 / Questionnaire --- p.111 / Interviews --- p.113 / Attitudes towards Instrumental Orientation --- p.115 / Questionnaire --- p.115 / Interviews --- p.117 / Attitudes towards Travel Orientation --- p.120 / Questionnaire --- p.120 / Interviews --- p.121 / Previous Successes and/or Failures that Contribute to Chinese Learning --- p.123 / Relationship Between Cantonese and One's Identity --- p.124 / Attitudes towards Cantonese and Code- mixing --- p.124 / Summary --- p.128 / Summary of the Chapter --- p.129 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS --- p.130 / Cultures and Languages --- p.130 / The Love of Culture towards English --- p.130 / The Lack of Passion in Cultures towards Putonghua --- p.136 / Living in the Cantonese Culture in Hong Kong --- p.140 / Language as an Instrument --- p.142 / English: A Traditional Requirement for Walking on the Path of Success --- p.142 / Putonghua and English: A New Combination of Device to the Path of Success --- p.146 / Languages and their Usage in Different Geographical Locations --- p.148 / English: A Language of Universality --- p.149 / Putonghua: A Language of Regional Use --- p.151 / Cantonese: An International Language in the Cantonese World --- p.153 / Challenges in Language Learning --- p.155 / Challenges as a Stimulator in Language Learning --- p.155 / Challenges as an Obstacle in Language Learning --- p.156 / Failures in Previous Language Learning --- p.156 / Teaching Activities and Styles --- p.158 / "Identity, Language Learning and Language Choice" --- p.159 / Identity and Language Learning --- p.160 / Chinese Identity and Language Learning --- p.160 / Hong Kong Chinese Identity and Language Learning --- p.161 / Identity as a University Student and Language Learning --- p.162 / Identity and Language Choice --- p.163 / Mainland Chinese Identity and Code-switching/mixing --- p.163 / Hong Kong Identity and Code-switching/mixing --- p.164 / Summary --- p.166 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX --- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS --- p.167 / Introduction --- p.167 / Answers to the Research Questions --- p.167 / Research Question One --- p.167 / English --- p.167 / Putonghua --- p.167 / Cantonese --- p.168 / Research Question Two --- p.168 / English --- p.169 / Putonghua --- p.169 / Cantonese --- p.169 / Research Question Three --- p.170 / Integrative Orientation --- p.170 / Instrumental Orientation --- p.171 / Travel Orientation --- p.171 / Friendship Orientation --- p.172 / Intrinsic and Extrinsic Orientation --- p.173 / Attribution Theory´ؤPrevious Successes and/or Failures in Language Learning --- p.173 / Identity and Language Learning --- p.173 / Identity and Language Choice --- p.174 / Implications for Business majors and their Instructors in University --- p.175 / To Business majors in Universities --- p.175 / To Instructors Teaching Business majors English and Putonghua in Universities --- p.175 / "Implications for Language Change, Social Identity, and Language Planning" --- p.176 / Language Change --- p.176 / Social Identities --- p.176 / Language Planning --- p.177 / Limitations --- p.178 / Further Studies --- p.179 / REFERENCES --- p.181 / APPENDICES --- p.189 / Appendix A Profiles of the Interviewees (Summer 2006) --- p.189 / Appendix B Profiles of the Interviewees (Fall 2006) --- p.190 / "Appendix C Clement, Dornyei, & Noels' (1994) Motivation Questionnaire" --- p.191 / "Appendix D Clement, Dornyei, & Noels' (1994) Motivation Questionnaire with Scale Labels" --- p.192 / Appendix E Questionnaire (English) --- p.193 / Appendix F Questionnaire (Putonghua) --- p.197 / Appendix G Questionnaire (Cantonese) --- p.201 / Appendix H Interview Questions --- p.205 / Appendix I Consent Form --- p.207

Chung Leung Luk. / Running title: Ethnic perceptions. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-39).