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Facets of imagery in academic and professional achievements: A study of three doctoral students

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Chan L.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2013
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vol. 3
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issue 3
397-418
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Since the inception of the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005), which operationalises motivation as a function of learners’ future identities, the field of L2 motivation has seen a growing interest in mental imagery. Numerous studies have examined the role of a future self-guide, that is, the ideal L2 self, and have confirmed it to be powerful for explaining learner motivation (e.g., Csizér & Lukács, 2010; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009); however, few studies have explored how mental imagery, a key dimension of the ideal L2 self (Dörnyei & Chan, 2013), can manifest itself in actual motivated behaviour. Using in-depth interviews, the present study aims to explore the motivational capacity of the natural use of mental imagery in three doctoral candidates studying at a British university. The main research focuses on examining how imagery was employed to stimulate the participants’ L2 learning and their doctoral research as well as career choice. This paper proposes a conceptual framework of types, functions, and conditions of imagery in academic and professional achievements based on the data obtained. It reveals an intriguing array of imagery types, functions, and conditions, which shape the achievement of the individuals’ desired goals. Recommendations and implications for future research on imagery use in SLA are also discussed.
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Facets of imagery in academic and professional achievements: A study of three doctoral students

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Letty C.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2013
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vol. 3
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issue 3
397-418
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Since the inception of the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005), which operationalises motivation as a function of learners’ future identities, the field of L2 motivation has seen a growing interest in mental imagery. Numerous studies have examined the role of a future self-guide, that is, the ideal L2 self, and have confirmed it to be powerful for explaining learner motivation (e.g., Csizér & Lukács, 2010; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009); however, few studies have explored how mental imagery, a key dimension of the ideal L2 self (Dörnyei & Chan, 2013), can manifest itself in actual motivated behaviour. Using in-depth interviews, the present study aims to explore the motivational capacity of the natural use of mental imagery in three doctoral candidates studying at a British university. The main research focuses on examining how imagery was employed to stimulate the participants’ L2 learning and their doctoral research as well as career choice. This paper proposes a conceptual framework of types, functions, and conditions of imagery in academic and professional achievements based on the data obtained. It reveals an intriguing array of imagery types, functions, and conditions, which shape the achievement of the individuals’ desired goals. Recommendations and implications for future research on imagery use in SLA are also discussed.
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Another Look at the L2 Motivational Self System of Polish Students Majoring in English: Insights from Interview Data

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Pawlak M.
Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
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2016
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vol. 2
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issue 2
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One of the most recent theoretical developments when it comes to the role of motivation in second language learning is the theory of the L2 motivational self system (e.g., Dörnyei, 2005). It has been proposed in recognition of the fact that learning a foreign language does not only involve acquiring a new communicative code, but also affects the personality of an individual, the difficulties involved in applying Gardner’s (1985) concept of integrativeness to foreign language contexts, as well as the mounting empirical evidence (e.g., Dörnyei & Csizér, 2002), demonstrating that key components of motivation, such as integrativeness, instrumentality, attitudes towards L2 speakers or manifestations of motivated learning behavior are intricately interrelated. As a result, the notion of integrativeness has been reinterpreted as the L2-specific aspect of an individual’s ideal self and the motivational system is believed to comprise the following three dimensions: (a) ideal L2 self, which is related to the abilities and skills that learners envisage themselves possessing, which may trigger a desire to reduce the distance between their actual and ideal selves, (b) ought-to L2 self, which is connected with the attributes that the learners believe are important in the eyes of significant others, and (c) L2 learning experiences, which is a context-related factor reflecting the nature of the immediate learning environment and learning experiences. This framework was applied in a qualitative study, the participants of which were 28 English majors in the last year of a three-year BA program who were interviewed about their motives for learning the target language. The analysis revealed that although motivational influences which have traditionally been regarded as important do play a role, there are a number of factors, such as family influence, instrumentality, knowledge orientation or international posture, that are also of vital importance.
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The L2 motivational self system: A meta-analysis

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Al-Hoorie A. H.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2018
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vol. 8
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issue 4
721-754
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This article reports the first meta-analysis of the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009). A total of 32 research reports, involving 39 unique samples and 32,078 language learners, were meta-analyzed. The results showed that the three components of the L2 motivational self system (the ideal L2 self, the ought-to L2 self, and the L2 learning experience) were significant predictors of subjective intended effort (rs = .61, .38, and .41, respectively), though weaker predictors of objective measures of achievement (rs = .20, -.05, and .17). Substantial heterogeneity was also observed in most of these correlations. The results also suggest that the strong correlation between the L2 learning experience and intended effort reported in the literature is, due to substantial wording overlap, partly an artifact of lack of discriminant validity between these two scales. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed.
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Unconscious motivation. Part I: Implicit attitudes toward L2 speakers

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Al-Hoorie A. H.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2016
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vol. 6
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issue 3
423-454
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This paper reports the first investigation in the second language acquisition field assessing learners’ implicit attitudes using the Implicit Association Test, a computerized reaction-time measure. Examination of the explicit and implicit attitudes of Arab learners of English (N = 365) showed that, particularly for males, implicit attitudes toward L2 speakers are associated with self-reported openness to the L2 group and with strength of correlations among attitudinal and motivational variables. Implicit attitudes also moderated important paths in the L2 Motivational Self System. The paper concludes that implicit attitudes seem to be a meaningful individual difference variable, adding a new dimension to our understanding of language motivation.
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Unconscious motivation. Part I: Implicit attitudes toward L2 speakers

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Al-Hoorie A. H.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2016
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vol. 6
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issue 3
423-454
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This paper reports the first investigation in the second language acquisition field assessing learners’ implicit attitudes using the Implicit Association Test, a computerized reaction-time measure. Examination of the explicit and implicit attitudes of Arab learners of English (N = 365) showed that, particularly for males, implicit attitudes toward L2 speakers are associated with self-reported openness to the L2 group and with strength of correlations among attitudinal and motivational variables. Implicit attitudes also moderated important paths in the L2 Motivational Self System. The paper concludes that implicit attitudes seem to be a meaningful individual difference variable, adding a new dimension to our understanding of language motivation.
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A Study of Chinese University English Majors’ L2 Motivational Self

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Liu M.
Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
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2020
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vol. 6
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issue 2
67-85
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Als eine bedeutende affektive Variable hat die Motivation immer die Aufmerksamkeit der Forscher des Lernprozesses einer Zweit-/Fremdsprache (SL/FL) auf sich gezogen und spielt dabei eine Schlüsselrolle, was in den bisherigen Untersuchungen nachgewiesen wurde. Angesichts der Komplexität und Dynamik verdient die Motivation dennoch Aufmerksamkeit. Angeregt durch das vor kurzem von Dörnyei (2005, 2009) vorgeschlagene „Modell der motivierenden Persönlichkeit der Zweitsprache“ untersucht diese Studie das „motivierende Ego“ von chinesischen Studierenden der englischen Philologie, indem die gemischten Forschungsansätze angewendet werden. 101 Studierende der renommierten Peking-Universität nahmen an der Umfrage teil, und 15 davon beteiligten sich auch am Interview. Die Analyse der gesammelten Informationen ergab Folgendes: 1) die Probanden waren im Allgemeinen zum Lernen hoch motiviert, hatten ihre deutlich herauskristallisierte Vision von sich selbst als künftig kompetente Verwender des Englischen, schätzten ihre bisherigen Erfahrungen mit dem Sprachenlernen positiv ein und bewerteten ziemlich zuverlässig die Mängel ihres eigenen „zweitsprachlichen Ichs“; 2) Studierende der letzten Jahre erklärten einen deutlich höheren Sprachstandard als ihre gewünschte „zweitsprachliche Identität“ und stellten eine positivere Wahrnehmung ihrer eigenen sprachlichen Erfahrung dar. Diese Schlussfolgerungen ermöglichen es, die Diskussion über pädagogische Implikationen zu entwickeln und die Richtungen für weitere Studien zu umreißen.
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As a highly important affective variable, motivation has always been a focus of research in second/foreign language (SL/FL) learning and proved to play a critical role in SL/FL learning. Even so, considering the complex and dynamic nature of SL/FL motivation, it always deserves research. Guided by the newly proposed framework of L2 Motivational Self System (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009), the present mixed-method study hence explored Chinese English majors’ L2 motivational self. One hundred and one English majors from a prestigious university in Beijing answered the questionnaire and 15 of them were interviewed in the present study. Analyses of the data revealed the following main findings: 1) the participants were generally highly motivated to learn English, had vivid images of themselves as proficient English users in the future, had positive appraisals of their L2 learning experiences, and had a moderately good perception of their ought-to L2 self, 2) senior students reported having significantly higher ideal L2 self and held more positive attitudes towards English learning experience. Based on these findings, some pedagogical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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