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Alastair Henry; Cecilia Thorsen; Peter D. MacIntyre – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In many contexts of multilingualism, language learners can initiate communication in the target language (TL), or a contact language (such as English). Patterns of use emerging from these choices affect TL development. They also vary between individuals. Willingness to communicate (WTC) needs to be investigated in ways that capture these…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism, Swedish
Uma Maheshwari Chimirala – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The Indian Constitution and the Directive Principles for State Policy (DPSP) aspire that individual states with Indigenous Tribal Minority (ITM) populations take special care to promote education and economic interests of the ITM communities. Despite Art 350(a) which explicitly guarantees (only) the ITM child education in its mother-tongue, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Indigenous Populations, Minority Groups
Jiehui Hu; Xun Li; Jia Li; Wanyu Zhang; Yuxin Lan; Zhao Gao; Shan Gao – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
A growing body of research has provided evidence for the foreign language effect on thinking, notably decision-making. Our prior work found reduction of recency effect following positive feedback in a foreign language as compared to the native tongue during even-probability gambling. However, the fundamental mechanisms underlying this effect…
Descriptors: Risk, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Ikuya Aizawa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
This paper compares direct measures of content knowledge for students studying Chemistry through English Medium Instruction (EMI) and Japanese Medium Instruction (JMI). It also examines a range of contextual differences between the two mediums of instruction. A total of 53 undergraduate students undertook pre-post course content tests at a…
Descriptors: Japanese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
Ringphami Shimray; Thinley Wangdi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
The present study explored the antecedents and potential solutions to boredom in online English classrooms from the perspectives of 105 Thai EFL university students. Guided by a qualitative approach, an open-ended survey and semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data. The thematic analysis of the data revealed nine antecedents that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learner Engagement
Corsi, Elissa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This qualitative study explored the lived experiences that contribute to plurilingualism and pluricultural identity for three young adults. The research focused on the shared stories of the participants in regard to their language, culture, and identity. The timeline for the study was over various segments of the primary participant's life. As a…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Self Concept, Biculturalism, Cultural Pluralism
Riccardo Amorati – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Due to the 'global English bias' in the field of L2 motivation, many motivational constructs have been primarily investigated in relation to learners of English. One of these, international posture, has been recently found to hold some relevance to LOTE students. Despite this, no research has examined comparatively similarities and differences in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students
Miriam Weidl; Friederike Lüpke; Alpha Naby Mané; Jérémi Fahed Sagna – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
In recent (socio)linguistic research there is a growing awareness that rural, small-scale multilingualism as the most widespread communicative setting across the globe. Yet, literacy programmes accepting and incorporating this diversity are non-existent. LILIEMA is a unique educational programme currently based in Senegal that addresses the need…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, African Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lisa M. Domke; Laura A. May; Melody Kung; Lauren Coleman; Michael Vo; Gary E. Bingham – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Having a dual focus on teaching content information and language is important in language-learning contexts and is a defining feature of dual language bilingual education (DLBE). However, systematically teaching both language and content is challenging for DLBE teachers. This exploratory mixed methods study of nine Spanish-English bilingual Latinx…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Teacher Education Programs, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Hillamaria Pirhonen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
To educate multilingual global citizens and follow the multilingual turn in language education, universities are faced with the challenge of developing their language pedagogies. This article reports on a study conducted in the context of university language studies that take a multilingual perspective to learning languages for academic and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Lawrence Jun Zhang; Abdulbaset Saeedian; Jalil Fathi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given much importance associated with willingness to communicate (WTC) in foreign language learning, many researchers have carried out studies to explore antecedents of second language (L2) WTC. To contribute to this research domain, this study sought to test a model of ideal L2 self, growth language mindset, boredom and WTC among English major…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement
Larissa Remennick; Anna Prashizky – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The research on language dynamics in the context of migration and integration has been dominated by applied linguists and educators, who described and measured native language attrition and emerging bilingualism among immigrants and their children. In parallel, sociolinguists discussed the role of language ideology/policy of the host society and…
Descriptors: Hebrew, Russian, Immigrants, Language Usage
Seyed Ehsan Mousavian Rad; Ali Roohani; Azizullah Mirzaei – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given the significance of boredom and its detrimental effects on the English as a foreign language (EFL) students' academic achievements, this study utilised an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design to initially explore the boredom factors in EFL classes among a sample of 139 university students and then develop and validate the Precursors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Psychological Patterns
Jian-E Peng; Liyi Wu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs) has been underrepresented in second language (L2) motivation research. This study investigated and compared the motivational profiles of first-year and second-year students majoring in Spanish, grounded on the proposition of bifurcating ideal and ought selves into "Own" and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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