Cost of the foreign language learning perceived by learners in the autonomous learning environment

本研究的目的是在期望-价值理论的框架下检验语言学习的价值（重要性、兴趣、效用）的增加会降低相对成本，并且动机会得到维持和加强的假设。在日本和国外的调查结果表明，对于日本的法语学习者来说，成本得分较高，而其他价值得分较低。我们的研究还表明，要使学习者认识到法语学习的重要性，我们需要关注其社会因素。

The purpose of this study is to test in the framework of the expectancy-value theory the hypothesis that the increase of the values (importance,interest,utility) of language learning reduces relatively cost and that the motivation is maintained and reinforced. Results of the survey in Japan and foreign countries show that for the Japanese learner of French, the score of cost is high while the scores of the other values are low. Our study reveals also that to make learners recognize the importance of French learning we need to focus on its social factors.