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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Ought-to L2 Self"”.
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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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Understanding Student Motivation in the Spanish as a Foreign Language Classroom
… motivation is often identified as a critical factor to success in encounters of prolonged learning (Dörnyei, 1990, 2019; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2021). Earlier motivational frameworks (e.g., Deci & Ryan, 1985) conceptualize motivation from two lenses: intrinsic and extrinsic. Later models, such as the …
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A Mixed-Methods Study of Femininity, Possible Selves, and L2 Motivation Among Female English Graduates in Zhuhai, China
… Despite this, little attention has been paid to gender dimensions, including gendered social and familial expectations and the career development of modern language university graduates. This study focuses on women graduates of English, amidst narratives of a decline in L2 (second language) …
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The effects of affective variables and kanji growth on L1 Chinese JSL learners' kanji learning
… speak Chinese as their first language (L1) due to their ability to transfer their knowledge of L1 hanzi (i.e., the Chinese characters utilized in the Chinese writing system). The present study is a longitudinal investigation into the effects of affective variables and kanji growth on kanji …