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Multilingual Selves and Motivations for Learning Languages other than English in Asian Contexts /

Multilingual Selves and Motivations for Learning Languages other than English in Asian Contexts / ed. by Anas Hajar, Syed Abdul Manan. - 1 online resource (264 p.) - Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching ; 24 .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Language Learning Motivation and the Multilingual Turn -- 3 Negotiating Agentive Selves in Arabic Learning: A Case Study of Arabic Learners at a Chinese University -- 4 The Construction of Ought-To Multilingual Selves and their Roles in Shaping Chinese Language Learners’ LOTE Motivation -- 5 Japanese Learners’ LOTE Motivation and Persistence in Learning: Focusing on the Influence of English -- 6 Exploring International Students’ Experiences of Learning Japanese in Japan through Multimodal Language Learning Histories -- 7 Identity, Investment and Language Learning Strategies: Voices of Undergraduate Students Learning Korean in Kazakhstan -- 8 Indonesian Students’ Mental Images of Portugal and their L2 Motivation -- 9 Multilingual Language Profiles, Perceptions and Motivations within the Context of Majoring in a Foreign Language in Malaysia -- 10 Understanding Pakistani University Students’ Motivations for Learning Chinese in Pakistan: A Bourdieusian Perspective -- 11 Understanding Challenges, Strategy Use and the Ideal Multilingual Self of Internally Displaced Syrians on the Syria–Turkey Border -- 12 L2 Selves as a Source of Emotional Discomfort: A Self-Discrepancy Perspective -- 13 Current Understandings and Future Directions in L2 Motivation Research -- Index

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This book focuses on individuals learning languages other than English in a range of under-researched Asian contexts. The chapters explore learners’ motivational trajectories, multilingual identities and conceptualisations of the ‘ideal multilingual self’.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781800417236

10.21832/9781800417236 doi


Language and languages--Study and teaching--Asia.
Motivation in education.
Multilingualism--Social aspects.
LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT).
Language acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics.

P53.48

418.0071/05