Identity, Motivation, and Multilingual Education in Asian Contexts

Identity, Motivation, and Multilingual Education in Asian Contexts
Author: Mark Feng Teng
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2020-02-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 135009966X

This book investigates how learners' motivations and identities are constructed in the process of learning and using multiple languages in Asian contexts. It presents examples of multilingual contexts in different parts of Asia and illustrates various achievements and challenges associated with multilingual education. Drawing on recent theoretical developments regarding learners' motivations and identities in language learning-related research, this book uncovers learners' motivations that underlie their decisions of learning multiple languages in Asian contexts. Through empirical studies, the authors offer conceptual interpretations on emerging concepts such as dual-motivation system, motivation dynamics, motivational transformation episodes, and hierarchies of identities. In addition to being highly relevant to researchers of applied linguistics, this book is a valuable reference for every university and college library that serves a faculty or school of education.

Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self

Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self
Author: Zoltán Dörnyei
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2009-01-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847696759

Due to its theoretical and educational significance within the language learning process, the study of L2 motivation has been an important area of second language acquisition research for several decades. Over the last few years L2 motivation research has taken an exciting new turn by focusing increasingly on the language learner’s situated identity and various self-perceptions. As a result, the concept of L2 motivation is currently in the process of being radically reconceptualised and re-theorised in the context of contemporary notions of self and identity. With contributions by leading European, North American and Asian scholars, this volume brings together the first comprehensive anthology of key conceptual and empirical papers that mark this important paradigmatic shift.

Individual Differences in Language Learning

Individual Differences in Language Learning
Author: Carol Griffiths
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3030529002

This textbook takes a Complex Systems Theory approach to examine individual differences between learners and the potential impact of these variables on the process of acquiring a second language. The authors argue that individual variables cannot provide the complete picture, and that they must instead be understood as part of an interconnected and dynamic system of different factors in order to be useful in a language learning context. Written in an accessible style and suitable for final-year undergraduate and Masters-level students, the book includes clear definitions of key terms, discussion questions for classroom use, practical exercises and activities, and examples of real empirical studies that students and teachers can replicate in their own contexts. This textbook will be of interest to students taking TESOL and SLA courses and modules, as well as those on broader Applied Linguistics programmes.

Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning

Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning
Author: Garold Murray
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-04-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847694985

In this volume researchers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America employ a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches in their exploration of the links between identity, motivation, and autonomy in language learning. On a conceptual level the authors explore issues related to agency, metacognition, imagination, beliefs, and self. The book also addresses practice in classroom, self-access, and distance education contexts, considering topics such as teachers’ views on motivation, plurilingual learning, sustaining motivation in distance education, pop culture and gaming, study abroad, and the role of agency and identity in the motivation of pre-service teachers. The book concludes with a discussion of how an approach which sees identity, motivation, and autonomy as interrelated constructs has the potential to inform theory, practice and future research directions in the field of language teaching and learning.

Is English an Asian Language?

Is English an Asian Language?
Author: Andy Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2020-10-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1107134684

A comprehensive account of how English is being used and reshaped by multilingual Asian speakers to fit their everyday needs.

L2 Selves and Motivations in Asian Contexts

L2 Selves and Motivations in Asian Contexts
Author: Matthew T. Apple
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2016-11-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783096764

This book fills an existing gap in language learning motivation research by examining the applications of current motivational theories and models from WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, developed) contexts to educational systems in Asian contexts. All chapters are focused on second language (L2) motivation as it applies to the EFL situation in Asian countries where English is a mandatory subject in school. Themes in the volume cover the use of possible L2 selves as a theoretical model of motivation, the role of teacher motivation and demotivation in non-European educational systems, study abroad, motivation among adolescents, cross-cultural differences in learner motivation among Asian cultures and the influence of native speakerism on language motivation and cultural identity. This book will appeal to ESL/EFL educators, postgraduate students, researchers and teacher-trainers both inside and outside Asian countries, who are interested in research on L2 motivation in general and within Asian contexts in particular.

Transnational Higher Education in the Asian Context

Transnational Higher Education in the Asian Context
Author: Tricia Coverdale-Jones
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2015-12-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137034947

This book offers new insights and perspectives on internationalization and trans-national higher education (TNHE) with contributions from three continents. These include the student experience in Malaysia, China, Japan and India as well as institutional perspectives and pedagogical implications of new research.

Emerging Self-Identities and Emotion in Foreign Language Learning

Emerging Self-Identities and Emotion in Foreign Language Learning
Author: Masuko Miyahara
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2015-07-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783093838

This book uses a narrative-oriented approach to shed light on the processes of identity construction and development among Japanese university students of English. The research highlights the instrumental agency of individuals in responding to and acting upon the social environment, and in developing, maintaining and/or reconstructing their identities as L2 users. The study offers unique insights into the role of experience, emotions, social and environmental affordances in shaping their personal orientations to English and self-perceptions as English learner-users. It also examines individuals’ responses to these factors and discusses fluctuations in their motivations. The additional value of this book lies in its detailed account of methodological procedures, challenges and ways to overcome obstacles encountered when undertaking qualitative longitudinal studies.

Education, Ethnicity and Equity in the Multilingual Asian Context

Education, Ethnicity and Equity in the Multilingual Asian Context
Author: Jan GUBE
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2019-02-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9811331251

The book addresses issues related to the education of ethnic minority individuals in the multilingual Asian region. It features recent research and practices of scholars aiming to rethink educational policy and practice surrounding the education of ethnic minority students with a variety of language scenarios in Hong Kong and other Asian contexts. It documents how ethnicity and inequality are played out at policy, school, and individual levels, and how these affect the education of ethnic minorities in their host societies. Using a range of methods, from surveys to interviews and document analysis, this book describes the links between language, identity and educational inequality related to ethnic minorities in Asian contexts.

Directed Motivational Currents and Language Education

Directed Motivational Currents and Language Education
Author: Christine Muir
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2020-09-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1788928873

Directed motivational currents (DMCs) are goal-directed motivational surges in pursuit of a much-desired personal outcome. This book introduces the reader to cutting-edge theory and research in second language learner motivation and presents empirical research which investigates DMCs in the context of language learning. The studies explore the wider relevance of DMC theory from participants recruited worldwide, answering questions such as how many (and which) participants reported having experienced DMCs and what emerged as common triggers initiating such experiences. The studies also discuss the pedagogical implications of DMC theory, investigating whether it is possible to design and implement a project (specifically, a project ‘with DMC potential’) in such a way that it may be able to purposefully facilitate a group-DMC with learners in a second language classroom. The book’s accessible writing style makes it suitable for researchers and students who are interested in second language learning as well as for teachers and trainee teachers who are looking for classroom inspiration.