Language Learning Motivation Survey of Japanese EFL Students

We developed a new questionnaire based on Kimura et al\u27 (2001) one, taking the data collected from the open-ended questionnaire into consideration. Then, we administered it to our students to examine what motivations and demotivations they have. We also held the Secondary Level English Proficeincy test to evaluate the students\u27 English proficiency. Finally, we analyzed the collected data using a factor analysis and explored the relationships between motivation/demotivation and English proficiency. Through the data analyses, we found some motivation unique to our Japanese EFL students, such as "aspiration of students" and demotivation, such as "lack of confidence." There was a correlation between the three major motivation factor scores and the English proficiency. As for demotivation, only one factor score was correlated with English proficiency negatively