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"I'm Never Going to Be Part of It": Identity, Investment and Learning Korean

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Gearing, Nigel; Roger, Peter – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018

This study investigated the willingness of 14 English-speaking EFL instructors living and working in South Korea to invest in practices connected with learning and using the Korean language. A model of investment for the "new world order" (Darvin, R., and B. Norton. 2015. "Identity and a Model of Investment in Applied…

Descriptors: Korean, Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning

Motivational Diversity among Adult Minority Language Learners: Are Current Theoretical Constructs Adequate?

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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

Ambivalence and Commitment, Liberation and Challenge: Investigating the Attitudes of Young Japanese People towards the Learning of English

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Ryan, Stephen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009

This article has emerged from a large-scale, nationwide attitudinal study (n=2397) into the motivation of learners of English in Japan, which initially found that enjoyment of the learning experience seemed to be the major factor in the motivation of English learners. However, subsequent examination of the data revealed several incongruities in…

Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries