Del 19 i serien Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching

Motivation to Learn Multiple Languages in Japan

A Longitudinal Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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This book provides rare insights into motivation among extremely successful learners of English and languages other than English (LOTEs) through the analysis of a longitudinal study and the examination of the factors involved in becoming multilingual in a non-multilingual environment. Based on sixteen interview sessions, conducted over the course of nine years while the learners progressed from high school to the world of work, this book offers the story of how two learners persist in English/LOTE learning. The study illuminates the long-term processes through which the interviewees develop ideal English/LOTE selves in an environment where multilingualism is not emphasized and where both English and LOTEs can still be described as foreign languages. Educators and researchers will learn from this study, which stretches our understanding of motivation beyond the recent theorizing of L2 motivation and contributes to the limited research in long-term motivational trajectories and LOTE learning motivation, which is particularly scarce in non-European contexts. The book will be of interest not only to readers in Japan but also to those in other contexts as it offers an example of successful learners who go beyond the pragmatic and instrumentalist view of language learning to hold a more holistic view, thus revealing the factors which can sustain multiple language learning, even in foreign language contexts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-11-22
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt470 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePsychology of Language Learning and Teaching
Antal sidor195
FörlagMultilingual Matters
ISBN9781800414839

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Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart 1: Contextualizing the StudyChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Theoretical BackgroundChapter 3. Growing Body of LOTE Motivation ResearchChapter 4. English and LOTE Education in JapanPart 2: The Empirical StudyChapter 5. The StudyChapter 6. The Early Days: English Self-Instruction Using Radio Materials in High SchoolChapter 7. Broadening the Horizons: (Re-)Starting LOTE Learning at University Chapter 8. Pursuing Multilingualism or Not? Language and Academic StudiesChapter 9. What Does Language Mean to the Interviewees, in the End? Language Learning beyond Formal EducationPart 3: Concluding Thoughts Chapter 10. Reflecting on the Method: Advantages and Challenges of Longitudinal Case Studies Utilizing InterviewsChapter 11. ConclusionAfterwordAppendicesReferencesIndex

This book is riveting and illuminating! Readers will be fascinated by the nuanced analyses of the ebbs and flows in the multilingual motivational trajectories of two Japanese learners of multiple languages as they successfully but differently negotiate context and agency over nine years. Takahashi’s new construct of enduring translingual transcultural orientation truly pushes the boundaries of the field of L2 motivation.