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Nourollah Zarrinabadi; Ensieh Khodarahmi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs) are highly intense goal-directed motivational experiences that are characterised by establishing new routines and having positive emotions. The present study aimed to identify the factors that triggered the launch of DMCs among EFL learners. An interview protocol designed based on the core dimensions of the…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intervention
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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
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Flynn, Colin J.; Harris, John – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
The sociolinguistic context of Irish, a minority language which is also the first official language of the Republic of Ireland, presents a multitude of issues for consideration in relation to Irish language teaching and learning. This article reports a small-scale (n?=?12) exploratory qualitative study of the range of motivations to be observed…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Learning Motivation, Sociolinguistics, Irish