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Direct linkAllison Taylor-Adams – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation investigates the initial and ongoing motivations of language revitalization practitioners. This study extends our understandings of language revitalization from the programmatic and sociological levels to the level of the individual practitioner. It also extends theory in L2 motivation into a largely unstudied language learning…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Models, Language Research, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedHenry, Alastair – Modern Language Journal, 2017
By tradition, L2 motivation research has a monolingual bias--the motivational systems of a learner's different languages conceptualized as separate entities rather than as cognitively interconnected. At a time when multilingualism has become a new world order (Douglas Fir Group, 2016) and where there is evidence of powerful identity experiences…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Learning Motivation, Correlation
Thompson, Amy S.; Vásquez, Camilla – Modern Language Journal, 2015
This study analyzes the language learning narratives of 3 NNS foreign language teachers. It uses as a theoretical framework the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) (Dörnyei, 2009) but adds the dimension of psychological reactance (Brehm, 1966). Our findings indicate that the L2MSS underestimates the relationship between "I" and…
Descriptors: Profiles, Second Language Learning, Personal Narratives, Second Language Instruction
Aiello, Jacqueline; Nero, Shondel J. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2019
In this article, two applied linguistics researchers who conducted qualitative studies in educational contexts in Italy and Jamaica reflexively interrogate identity tensions among their ascribed, felt and evolving insider/outsider identities and positions. The juxtaposition of selected discursively analyzed research vignettes reflects similarities…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Researchers, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context
Henry, Alastair – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
Learning a third language (TL) brings with it particular pedagogical demands. In the pedagogy of TL learning now emerging, the development of students' metalinguistic and crosslinguistic awareness is of central importance. In particular, emphasis is placed on the benefits of cross-referencing with supporter languages. While comparisons with…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Self Concept, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
PDF pending restorationRado, Marta – 1976
The prerequisites of language acquisition are cognitive and pragmatic. The child's conceptual development and social needs direct his attention to particular linguistic forms. These provide an efficient selection device enabling the child to match his language learning task with his abilities. The second language learner who is cognitively and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes
