Multilingual selves and motivations for learning languages other than English in Asian contexts / edited by Anas Hajar, Syed Abdul Manan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hajar, Anas, 1985-

Manan, Syed Abdul, 1979-

Series:

Psychology of language learning and teaching ; v. 24.

Psychology of language learning and teaching ; v. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--Asia.

Multilingualism.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2024.

Summary:

This edited volume focuses on the experiences of individuals learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in a range of Asian contexts that have traditionally been under-represented in the literature. Aligning with the 'multilingual turn' in SLA, it views learners as individuals of a multilingual society with unique, complex, heterogenous and dynamic identities. The chapters explore the learners' motivational trajectories, multilingual identities and their conceptualisations of the 'ideal multilingual self'. This volume enhances our critical understanding of language learning motivation through empirical findings and conceptual insights from studies of motivation in specific regions in Asia, including Greater China, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan and Syria. Providing insight into the multilingual identities of individuals learning LOTEs, it will appeal to students and scholars in second language acquisition, researchers in language learning motivation and policymakers in language education.

Contents:

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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ISBN:

9781800417243 (e-book)

9781800417229 (hbk.)

9781800417212 (pbk.)

1-80041-723-3

1-80041-724-1

OCLC:

1436828311