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Listening skills are crucial for second language acquisitions, as they significantly contribute to the development of both linguistic and communication abilities. Choosing audio-visual materials which are meaningful, engaging, and entertaining can motivate language learners to improve their listening and communication skills. With the development of information and communications technology (ICT), language learning nowadays has become more creative and dynamic. Classroom is not the only platform for learners to learn, the internet, games, video, and variety of applications provide more options for language learning. This study explores the motivation factors of Japanese language learners by using audio-visual materials for the listening activities as there is a lack of study on learning Japanese language focusing on audio-visual listening skill. A purposive sample of 201 participants from a public university in Malaysia was carried out to explore the student’s motivation using audio-visual materials in learning Japanese language. The data was collected using a five-point Likert scale survey as a research instrument which the questionnaire is divided into 3 sections which section 1 include demographic profile, section 2 is learning profile and 26 questions of section 3 focus on motivational factors, adapted from Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Pintrich & de Groot, 1990). The finding has shown students are motivated using audio-visual materials in learning Japanese. This study concludes that although the mean of extrinsic motivation is slightly higher than the mean of intrinsic motivation, audio visual materials are still very much preferred by non-native learners.
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