Motivation Research among Chinese Language Learners in the Chinese Department at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

By investigating the motivation to learn Chinese among BA and MA students in the Chinese Department of Eötvös Loránd University, this study explores the main characteristics of learners at the language level, learner level, and learning context level, as well as the similarities and differences in learning motivation among learners of different Chinese proficiency levels. Moreover, this study discusses how to stimulate and maintain learners’ motivations to learn in order to ensure the sustainable and vigorous development of Chinese teaching in Hungary.