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Chinese university students’ multilingual learning motivation under contextual influences : a multi-case study of Japanese majors
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Wang, Zi and Zheng, Yongyan (2021) Chinese university students’ multilingual learning motivation under contextual influences : a multi-case study of Japanese majors. International Journal of Multilingualism, 18 (3). pp. 384-401. doi:10.1080/14790718.2019.1628241 ISSN 1479-0718.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2019.1628241
Abstract
This study closely examined the motivational language selves of Chinese university students in the process of multilingual learning. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve Japanese specialist majors. The qualitative data revealed the complex interplay between the participants’ language selves and complicated contextual influences. The participants seemed to have strong ideal English self especially in the workplace and relatively weaker ideal Japanese self. They had strong ought-to Japanese self and their ought-to English self was suspended to some extent. Apart from their English and Japanese selves, they also constructed a multilingual self. The cultural, social and pedagogical contexts in which the participants were embedded exerted mixed influences on their self constructions. The findings suggest the neoliberal emphasis on the instrumental value of language and the negative impact of English as a global language on Japanese learning in such social discourse. This article is concluded with some pedagogical implications for language teachers.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LC Special aspects of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers, English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers -- China, English language -- Study and teaching (Higher)-- Chinese speakers , English language -- Influence on Chinese, Japanese language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Chinese speakers , Multilingual education -- China, Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching (Higher), Motivation in education -- Study and teaching (Higher) | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Multilingualism | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 1479-0718 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | August 2021 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 18 | ||||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 384-401 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/14790718.2019.1628241 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Multilingualism on 12 Jun 2019, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14790718.2019.1628241 | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 November 2022 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 November 2022 |
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