Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 68, University of Portsmouth, course: TESOL & Applied Lingusitics, language: English, abstract: Since the genesis of L2 motivation research the Gardner-driven body of research, and the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery that embodies its quantitative approach, has dominated the field. Recently, there has been a call for qualitative research in more diverse contexts, such that new, context-specific factors can be established with a view to broadening and testing existing L2 motivation...