Abstract

• This study is carried out to investigate how the motivation of beginner-level French specialization students at YUFL (Yangon University of Foreign Languages) has changed during their course of study. Students’ perspectives on the French language can change before and after studying it for some period of time. Its aim is to find out the language-related factors that influence their motivation changes, done through three research questions focusing on how the motivation of YUFL French specialization student's changes after 3 months of study, how their motivation changes after 7 months of study, and the factors for which they change motivation for the French language with two questionnaires completed after two different periods of study. This study is hoped to be helpful for curriculum designers and French language teachers to make the most of learners’ motivation in the foreign language teaching and learning process.