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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Ideal L2 Self"”.
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Application of L2 motivational self system on Chinese learners of English in an ESL context
… mixed-methods thesis applies Dörnyei’s (2005) L2 Motivational Self System and Li’s (2017) survey with Chinese students. The 65 participants came from a population of undergraduate and graduate students studying at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Students answered 33 Likert scale …
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Understanding Student Motivation in the Spanish as a Foreign Language Classroom
… Later models, such as the Second Language (L2) Motivational Self-System (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009) build on this foundation by introducing a more nuanced view of learners as possible selves, divided into three components: the ideal L2 self, the ought-to L2 self, and the L2 learning experience. …
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What makes a flourishing language self? A positive psychology perspective on LOTE learners’ language learning motivation
Informed by Dörnyei’s (2009) L2 Motivational Self System and Seligman’s (2011) PERMA model, this PhD research investigates Chinese learners’ motivation to learn a language other than English (LOTE) from a positive psychology perspective (PP). Three overarching research aims were adopted as follows: …
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A Mixed-Methods Study of Femininity, Possible Selves, and L2 Motivation Among Female English Graduates in Zhuhai, China
… of English, amidst narratives of a decline in L2 (second language) motivation in China and greater concerns about unemployment rates post-graduation, with potential negative impacts for women’s progress and equality. Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design with both survey (200 …
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The effects of affective variables and kanji growth on L1 Chinese JSL learners' kanji learning
… and kanji growth on kanji learning utilizing the self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2002). L1 Chinese learners of Japanese as a second language (L2) responded to a questionnaire designed to measure eleven affective variables and took kanji tests three times over one academic …