Language acquisition and the multilingual ideal : exploring Japanese language learning motivation / Toshiyuki Nakamura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nakamura, Toshiyuki, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism.

Japanese language--Study and teaching.

Japanese language.

Multilingualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Summary:

"Examining the motivational development of Japanese language learners, this book investigates the relationship between their future self-image as Japanese speakers and their broader self-image as multilingual individuals. The book compares two groups of Japanese language learners, one from Australia and the other from South Korea. Questioning how motivation is influenced both by native languages and by the other languages which learners speak or study, Toshiyuki Nakamura uses dynamic systems theory (DST) to uncover how knowledge of English in these different contexts motivates the learning of Japanese. Employing the concept of 'domain of possible selves' as an analytical framework, the book also provides a detailed description of the development of the learners' visions of themselves as users of Japanese and uncovers various aspects of Japanese language learners' L2 self."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Contents:

List of tables

List of figures

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Understanding language learning motivation 'multilingually'

3. 'Japanese is easy, but difficult to continue' : motivation and future self-images of Korean learners

4. 'Japanese is difficult, but I don't want to stop' : motivation and future self-images of australian learners

5. 'I think that English is the first, and the next is Japanese' : motivational trajectories of Korean learners

6. 'I really, really want to do Japanese translating': motivational trajectories of Australian learners

7. Language learning motivation in English-speaking and non-English-speaking contexts

References

Appendixes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172) and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-350-08818-8

1-350-08816-1

1-350-08817-X

OCLC:

1099539975