Multilingual Selves and Motivations for Learning Languages other than English in Asian Contexts

The edited volume explores the experiences of individuals learning languages other than English in Asian contexts, highlighting their motivational trajectories, multilingual identities, and conceptualizations of the ideal multilingual self. It contributes to our critical understanding of language learning motivation and appeals to students, scholars, researchers, and policymakers in the field.

Format: Hardback
Length: 260 pages
Publication date: 16 July 2024
Publisher: Multilingual Matters

This edited volume, dedicated to the experiences of individuals learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in diverse Asian contexts, aims to address the underrepresentation of these regions in the literature. Grounded in the multilingual turn in SLA, the volume recognizes learners as individuals within a multilingual society, possessing unique, complex, heterogeneous, and dynamic identities. The chapters delve into the motivational trajectories, multilingual identities, and conceptualizations of the ideal multilingual self. By exploring motivation in specific regions of Asia, including Greater China, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Syria, this volume enhances our critical understanding of language learning motivation through empirical findings and conceptual insights. It will be of interest to students and scholars in second language acquisition, researchers in language learning motivation, and policymakers in language education.

Weight: 550g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800417229