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It has long ago been demonstrated that motivation was a fundamental pillar of the enterprise of learning a foreign language. The importance of motivation is even greater in foreign language contexts. This book investigates the motivational orientations of Chadian university students and how those orientations relate to the new context of oil industry in Chad, a poverty-stricken, land locked African nation. Based on a questionnaire developed by Noels, Pelletier, & Clement (2001) and a questionnaire designed by the author, the book analyzes the motivation roots of three university majors (English, Engineering and Business) in light of the new perspective created by the discovery of oil in the country. University lecturers and just about any EFL teacher will find in this book very useful source of inspiration for motivating their EFL/ESL students.

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Born in 1962 in Ba-Illi in Southern Chad, Dr. Dogossou Houroumtcho holds a PhD in Multilingual/Multicultural Education from Florida State University where he studied on a Fulbright scholarship from 2000 to 2004.Dr Dogossou Houroumtcho lectures at the University of N Djamena. Dr. Houroumtcho is married and father of four sons and two daughters.

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