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National Language in a Globalised World: Are L1 and L2 Adolescents in Iceland More Interested in Learning English than Icelandic?
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Elin Thordardottir – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Language acquisition and Language Maintenance (LM) both depend on ample opportunity and motivation. Currently, many national language societies are undergoing Language Shift (LS) to English, impacting their acquisition as first (L1) and possibly even more as second (L2) language. This study interviewed 44 adolescents, including 24 L1 and 20 L2…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Indo European Languages, Native Language, Bilingualism
Motivational Beliefs of Urban and Rural Students in English as a Foreign Language Learning: The Case of China
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Lihong Ma; Leifeng Xiao; Jian Liu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
With the widening urban-rural gap caused by urbanisation, the equity of urban-rural education has become a research hotspot. This study explored the differences in motivational beliefs about English learning among Chinese urban and rural students and the impact of motivational beliefs on their English performance. A total of 6326 urban and 2600…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Role of Grit and Classroom Enjoyment in EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate
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Ju Seong Lee – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This interdisciplinary study investigates whether, and to what extent, grit (consisting of "perseverance of effort" and "consistency of interests") and classroom enjoyment are linked with EFL learners' willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC), the final psychological step before actual English communication. To…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Resilience (Psychology), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Understanding Low Outcomes in English Language Education in Austrian Middle Schools: The Role of Teachers' Beliefs and Practices
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Erling, Elizabeth J.; Radinger, Sandra; Foltz, Anouschka – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
The educational disparities that can be found in the English language learning outcomes of middle school students in Austria have gone relatively unexplored in international research. National studies have tended to attribute lower educational outcomes either to students' socioeconomic status or their multilingual background. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Exploring Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers' Beliefs about the Monolingual Approach: Differences between Pre-Service and In-Service Korean Teachers of English
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Lee, Jang Ho – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
The non-native English-speaking teachers' (NNESTs) beliefs about the monolingual approach have not been sufficiently studied in the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL). In examining the NNESTs' beliefs about that issue, the present study adapts Guy Cook's recent framework, according to which the monolingual approach is based upon four…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language)
English as a Multicultural Language: Implications from a Study of Japan's Junior High Schools' English Language Textbooks
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Yamada, Mieko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
Applying Kachru and Nelson's model of English spread and their categorisation into Inner/Outer/Expanding Circles, this content analysis of English as a Foreign Language textbooks used in Japanese junior high schools investigates which countries were introduced and further studies how Japan's domestic diversity was constructed in those textbooks.…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multicultural Education