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Xiuchuan Lu; Zhi Geng – Language Teaching Research, 2025
As a topic of rising interest, language teacher motivation has been studied through various lenses and across different contexts over recent years. Yet, relatively scant attention has been paid to Chinese language teachers teaching overseas. Using Q methodology and supplementary interview data, this study investigated the motivational profiles of…
Descriptors: Q Methodology, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Xuehua Ding; Yi Liu; Jian-E Peng – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Amidst the recent positive psychology trend, teacher resilience has captured increasing scholarly attention, while burnout remains a significant, negative construct in teachers' emotional spectrum. Research on burnout and resilience among teachers teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) is especially scant. In this study, we explored the…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Q Methodology, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Xinran Wu; Karen Forbes – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
In language learner identity research, there is an underrepresentation of LOTE-as-L3 learners in instructed foreign language learning contexts. This study addresses this gap by exploring the multilingual identity profiles of Chinese high school LOTE-as-L3 learners in two school contexts and seeks to understand how the schools may influence…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
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Jian-E Peng; Liyi Wu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs) has been underrepresented in second language (L2) motivation research. This study investigated and compared the motivational profiles of first-year and second-year students majoring in Spanish, grounded on the proposition of bifurcating ideal and ought selves into "Own" and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning