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Ruochen Ning – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Increasing numbers of Chinese students are pursuing graduate degrees in Catalonia. Although highly proficient in both Castilian and English when they arrive, they find themselves in a bilingual society where Catalan, not Castilian, predominates both at universities and in the broader social context. Acquiring Catalan is hence important for both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Graduate Students, Student Motivation
Riccardo Amorati – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Language-specific (i.e. the ideal L2 self) and plurilingual selves are now at the forefront of scholarly inquiry in L2 motivation research. Yet, there is a lack of empirical studies examining how language learners reframe their sense of self as speakers of an L2. This study draws on a questionnaire (N = 162) and on semi-structured interviews (N =…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Italian, German
Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen; John Hajek – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This article examines Vietnamese students' motivation for learning Mandarin Chinese during their study abroad in Taiwan and their construction of self in relation to this language learning motivation. A combination of several concepts of ideal L2 self, ought-to L2 self, instrumental motive, integrative motive, linguistic capital, and multiple…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Vietnamese People, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese
Rining Wei; Barry Lee Reynolds; Mengxia Kong; Zhixin Liu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Psychological variables remain a much under-investigated sub-category of individual differences (IDs) compared with cognitive ones. The present paper aims to gain a better understanding of the psychological effects of bilingualism by investigating national identity (NI), a socio-psychological construct, based on big data, that has rarely been…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Nationalism, Self Concept, Psychological Patterns
Neff, Peter; Apple, Matthew – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Study abroad (SA) has recently become an increasingly popular option for language learners who wish to engage in an immersive educational experience while living in a different culture, but not all SA programmes are created equal. Length of time can vary significantly, from a days or weeks up to a year or more spent in the target culture, and this…
Descriptors: Program Length, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Intercultural Communication
Friederike Grosse – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Sociolinguistics has seen an emergence of new theoretical perspectives that somehow cater for the, according to Li, 'complex linguistic realities of the twenty-first century' (2017, p.14). Thus 'overwriting' conventional ways of understanding language/language use and its relation to identity construction. Taking these changes as a starting point,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Community Schools, Sociolinguistics, Language Usage
Eerdemutu Liu; Junju Wang; Sachurina Bai – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study examines the potential roles of self-guides (ideal L2 self/outght-to L2 self), enjoyment, and gender in language achievement. A total of 727 Chinese high school students participated in this study and data were collected through a questionnaire survey. Path analysis showed that ideal self was positively related to both enjoyment and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Susan C. Baker; Heather Sparling; Peter D. MacIntyre – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Language is often used to demonstrate group membership and to establish cultural identity. When the language is not readily available or is at risk, individuals tend to turn to other markers to develop their cultural identity. Using Leximancer for thematic and conceptual analyses of interviews with ten accomplished musicians in Nova Scotia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Musicians, Indo European Languages, Second Language Learning
Nourollah Zarrinabadi; Ensieh Khodarahmi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs) are highly intense goal-directed motivational experiences that are characterised by establishing new routines and having positive emotions. The present study aimed to identify the factors that triggered the launch of DMCs among EFL learners. An interview protocol designed based on the core dimensions of the…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intervention
Robert Weekly; Shih-Ching Picucci-Huang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The requirement for Chinese students to adopt an English name for the English language classroom remains a relic of a previous era, which is not only accepted but also desirable by some. This study reports on 357 Chinese English language students' relationship with their English names in terms of the concepts of identity, agency and investment,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Personal Autonomy, Naming, English Language Learners
Xinran Wu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Names serve as a rudimentary bond that connects us to the world. The relationship between language learners' foreign names adoption and their identity construction has been receiving increased attention. With most studies conducted in English-learning contexts, this study contributes to this line of research by adopting a multilingual framework to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Naming
Chimaobi Onwukwe; Hannah Gibson – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
The study investigates language use and identity navigation among Nigerian migrants with a focus on language use in public and social spaces in Cape Town, South Africa. It reports on ethnographic observation, participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Findings reveal the use of spoken Igbo and isiXhosa in interactions among primarily…
Descriptors: Immigrants, African Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Usage
Brandon Wiltshire; Steven Bird; Rebecca Hardwick – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Indigenous communities, linguists, teachers, and language activists have been developing methods to revitalise endangered languages over several decades. Not only are these methods diverse, they are usually implemented in various ways according to local needs and aspirations. Language revitalisation methods focus on proficiency, but there is also…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Native Language, Language Research, Foreign Countries
Selleck, Charlotte; Barakos, Elisabeth – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This paper engages with the negotiation of insider and outsider researcher identities in the context of Welsh-English bilingualism in Wales. It aims to develop a reflexive approach to researching bilingualism, foregrounding the actions and experiences of doing bilingual research in a minority language context. Taking data from education and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Research, Welsh, English (Second Language)
Tajeddin, Zia; Mostafaei Alaei, Mahnaz; Moladoust, Elahe – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Imagined communities of practice create spaces for language learners to participate in local and global interactions as individuals and as members of global communities. However, scant research has examined imagined communities of practice in the context of English as an international language (EIL). The present study adopted a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communities of Practice