ABSTRACT

In recent years, interest in learning Korean as an additional language (KAL) has rapidly grown among Iranian youths and women. This study adopted a mixed-methods QUAN → qual design to examine Iranian learners’ motivation for and experience in learning KAL. For this purpose, 174 Iranian learners of Korean were requested to complete a motivation questionnaire, and semi-structured interviews were subsequently conducted with nine of these participants. The results indicated that the participants pursued KAL learning more in terms of the Ideal Self, meaning that they found KAL learning as an opportunity to realise their internalised aspirations and ideals, which were primarily integrative and, to a lesser extent, instrumental. It was also found that the female participants were driven by stronger motivational intensity to learn Korean. The results of the qualitative data analysis corroborated those of the quantitative data analysis regarding the participants’ self-guides in learning KAL. The qualitative results also showed that the interviewees had a positive experience of learning Korean in the classroom, though this positive experience seemed to overshadow concerns over learning priorities and outcomes.

摘要

近年来，伊朗青年和女性对学习韩语作为附加语言（KAL）的兴趣迅速增长。本研究采用混合方法 QUAN→质量设计来考察伊朗学习者学习 KAL 的动机和体验。为此，174 名伊朗韩语学习者被要求填写一份动机调查问卷，随后对其中 9 名参与者进行了半结构化访谈。结果表明，参与者更多地从理想自我的角度追求 KAL 学习，这意味着他们发现 KAL 学习是实现其内在愿望和理想的机会，这些愿望和理想主要是综合性的，在较小程度上是工具性的。研究还发现，女性参与者学习韩语的动机更强烈。定性数据分析的结果证实了参与者自我指导学习 KAL 的定量数据分析的结果。定性结果还表明，受访者在课堂上学习韩语有积极的经历，尽管这种积极的经历似乎掩盖了对学习优先事项和结果的担忧。