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Splitting the L2 Self-Guide: Ways Forward for Motivation Research

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Alastair Henry; Meng Liu – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2025

Drawing on Markus and Nurius's (1986) theory of possible selves and Higgins's (1987) theory of self-discrepancies, Dörnyei (2005, 2009) developed the L2 self-guide, a construct explaining the generation of motivation for language learning. Because Dörnyei focused on convergences in the source theories, L2MSS researchers have come to regard…

Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Self Concept

Willingness to Communicate in a Multilingual Context: Part One, a Time-Serial Study of Developmental Dynamics

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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

Willingness to Communicate in a Multilingual Context: Part Two, Person-Context Dynamics

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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 vary between individuals and affect TL development. Willingness to communicate (WTC) needs to be investigated in ways that capture these variations. So…

Descriptors: Language Usage, Context Effect, Intercultural Communication, Adult Education