Multilingual Selves and Motivations for Learning Languages other than English in Asian Contexts

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80041-721-2
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 404 g

This edited volume focuses on the experiences of individuals learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in a range of Asian contexts that have traditionally been under-represented in the literature. Aligning with the 'multilingual turn' in SLA, it views learners as individuals of a multilingual society with unique, complex, heterogenous and dynamic identities. The chapters explore the learners’ motivational trajectories, multilingual identities and their conceptualisations of the 'ideal multilingual self'. This volume enhances our critical understanding of language learning motivation through empirical findings and conceptual insights from studies of motivation in specific regions in Asia, including Greater China, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan and Syria. Providing insight into the multilingual identities of individuals learning LOTEs, it will appeal to students and scholars in second language acquisition, researchers in language learning motivation and policymakers in language education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hajar, Anas

Manan, Syed Abdul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures and Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Xuesong (Andy) Gao: Foreword

Chapter 1. Anas Hajar and Syed Abdul Manan: Introduction

Chapter 2. Alastair Henry: Language Learning Motivation and the Multilingual Turn

Chapter 3. Ning An and Yongyan Zheng: Negotiating Agentive Selves in Arabic Learning: A Case Study of Arabic Learners at a Chinese University

Chapter 4. Tianyi Wang: The Construction of Ought-To Multilingual Selves and their Roles in Shaping Chinese Language Learners’ LOTE Motivation

Chapter 5. Chika Takahashi: Japanese Learners’ LOTE Motivation and Persistence in Learning: Focusing on the Influence of English

Chapter 6. Tae Umino: Exploring International Students' Experiences of Learning Japanese in Japan through Multimodal Language Learning Histories

Chapter 7. Anas Hajar and Syed Abdul Manan: Identity, Investment and Language Learning Strategies: Voices of Undergraduate Students Learning Korean in Kazakhstan

Chapter 8. Raan Hann Tan and Larisa Nikitina: Indonesian Students’ Mental Images of Portugal and their L2 Motivation

Chapter 9. Stefanie Pillai and Roshidah Hassan: Multilingual Language Profiles, Perceptions and Motivations within the Context of Majoring in a Foreign Language in Malaysia

Chapter 10. Muhammad Yasir Khan, Liaquat Ali Channa and Muhammad Mohsin Khan: Understanding Pakistani University Students’ Motivations for Learning Chinese in Pakistan: A Bourdieusian Perspective

Chapter 11. Anas Hajar: Understanding Challenges, Strategy Use and the Ideal Multilingual Self of Internally Displaced Syrians on the Syria–Turkey Border

Chapter 12. Yeji Han: L2 Selves as a Source of Emotional Discomfort: A Self-Discrepancy Perspective

Chapter 13. Amy S. Thompson: Current Understandings and Future Directions in L2 Motivation Research

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hajar, Anas
Anas Hajar is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He is particularly interested in motivational issues in language learning and intercultural engagement and also works in the areas of internationalisation, education abroad, language learning strategies and shadow education. He is the author of International Students' Challenges, Strategies and Future Vision (Multilingual Matters, 2019).

Manan, Syed Abdul
Syed Abdul Manan is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, Kazakhstan. His research has been published in the top-tier journals that include Language Policy, Language Problems and Language Planning, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Multilingua, World Englishes and others. He is co-editor of the books Multilingual Selves and Motivations for Learning Languages other than English in Asian Contexts (Anas & Manan, 2024) and Agency in Multilingual Education Policy and Planning in Asia (Manan & Anas, in press).

Anas Hajar is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He is particularly interested in motivational issues in language learning and intercultural engagement and also works in the areas of internationalisation, education abroad, language learning strategies and shadow education. He is the author of International Students' Challenges, Strategies and Future Vision (Multilingual Matters, 2019).

Syed Abdul Manan is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. His research interests include sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, mother tongue-based bi/multilingual education, World Englishes and linguistic landscapes.