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Xian Li; Jiying Han – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Taking the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) model as its theoretical basis, this study aimed to extend knowledge of the learning motivation of Korean language learners. A survey questionnaire was administered to 967 Korean language learners at 28 universities in China to investigate their motivation for learning the Korean language and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Korean, College Students
Mutahar Al-Murtadha – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
This intervention study helped EFL learners visualize their possible selves as successful L2 speakers. It included three classes as a control group and three EFL classes as an experimental group at a secondary school in Yemen. The three experimental classes received one ideal L2 self-visualization lesson a week for six weeks, whereas the three…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Motivation Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Chit Cheung Matthew Sung – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This paper reports on a qualitative study which investigated a group of student teachers' emotions in their second language (L2) learning experiences, with particular attention to the mediating role of language ideologies. The findings revealed that the participants reported both positive emotions (enjoyment and pride) and negative emotions…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Student Teachers, Second Language Learning, Ideology
Reiko Yoshida – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2024
There is growing recognition of the need to investigate second/foreign language learners' emotions related to their language learning, because both positive and negative emotions affect a learner's motivation and performance. However, research has not sufficiently explored the emotions of learners of languages other than English and other European…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Psychological Patterns, Second Language Learning, Japanese
Zanib Rasool; Abigail Hackett – TESOL Journal, 2024
This article uses an Islamic lens to explore the question, "What are the identities, aspirations, and motivations for Pakistani and Muslim women learning English?" As Muslim women, the research participants had a strong allegiance to motherhood, with children being a motivating factor in learning English. This study explores how…
Descriptors: Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Atsushi Iida – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This qualitative, case-study research explores the English language learning history of a Japanese pre-service teacher by analysing five English-language poems and a self-reflective essay regarding her experiences of learning the target language. The methodology chosen in this study was a poetic inquiry through which the investigator reconstructed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Learning Experience, Second Language Learning
Alyssia M. Miller De Rutté – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
The field of language learning and technology is an ever-growing field as new technologies are constantly developed, and it is important to understand the impact these new technologies may have on language learning. The purpose of this work-in-progress study was to investigate the effects of virtual reality (VR) simulations on a specific second…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Computer Simulation
Elvis Nizigama; Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar; Mohammad Javad Rezai – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2024
This mixed methods study compares L2 learning motivation of Burundi simultaneous learners of French, English and Kiswahili, mainly focusing on L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS). A total of 348 junior high school students participated in a 60-item questionnaire survey, and 12 of those learners participated in a follow-up semi-structured…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Tatjana Stamenkovska; Carlos Lenin Alvarez Llerena; János Gordon Gyori – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2025
While extensive research has been conducted on L2 motivation in the Hungarian context, more studies need to be focused on international students beginning to learn Hungarian while studying in Hungary. This article offers an explanatory investigation into the motivational dispositions influencing the learning of Hungarian as a second language (L2)…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Learning Motivation, Hungarian, Second Language Learning
Aysegül Takkaç Tulgar – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2024
The concept of glocal identity has captured researchers' imagination particularly in the last two decades and has been examined in relation with language learning. However, no study has yet touched upon pragmatic development in the target language under the effects of glocal identity. This longitudinal case study examined the development of glocal…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Global Approach, Turkish, Pragmatics
Sadoughi, Majid; Hejazi, S. Yahya; Lou, Nigel Mantou – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Language mindsets and second language motivational self system (L2MSS) are two important motivational frameworks in understanding second language (L2) engagement. We argue that whether and how mindsets predict academic engagement can be explained by L2MSS components (ideal L2 self, ought-to L2 self, and learning experience). Using a multi-stage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Alshammari, Hammad Ali – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
This study is a comprehensive analysis to conceptualize the transparent borders between second language L2 learners and the imaginary image of the novel mentally interactive settings they emerged in. As this novel experience of L2 learners entails a sort of sociocultural shift through shifting language, it requires learners to shift identity as…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ellen J. Serafini; Sara I. Roca-Ramirez – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Previous research has proposed a crucial role for critical experiences in language learning to better understand how learners understand and discursively construct their self-concept (Mercer, 2011, 2016; Serafini, 2020a; Thompson, 2020). However, studies have mainly explored critical experiences in the narratives of foreign language learners of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Cultural Background
Federica Goldoni; Stacy Rusnak – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
International education has focused on the learning processes of minority, low-income college students and learners of color. This study analyzes the experiences of nine minority, first-generation U.S. undergraduates from a four-year college in the southeastern U.S. who pursued study abroad and Global Studies during 2015-2022. Global Studies is an…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Study Abroad, Self Concept, Cultural Background
Aisara Nauryzbayeva – English Teaching, 2024
This qualitative study explores how foreign non-native English speaking teachers (FNNESTs) perceive themselves as English educators and how they exert agency to be better perceived as professionals. Given the close relationship between teacher identity and its implications for educational outcomes, this study is based on Norton's (2008)…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Professional Identity, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning