Motivation to Learn Multiple Languages in Japan: A Longitudinal Perspective

✍ Scribed by Chika Takahashi

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2022
Tongue: English
Leaves: 210
Series: Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching; 19
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This longitudinal study of motivation in exceptionally successful students of English and languages other than English (LOTE) provides unique insights into long-term language learning motivation. It reveals the various factors that sustain LOTE learning and stretches our understanding of motivation beyond the recent theorizing of L2 motivation.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part 1 Contextualizing the Study
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
3 Growing Body of LOTE Motivation Research
4 English and LOTE Education in Japan
Part 2 The Empirical Study
5 The Study
6 The Early Days: English Self-Instruction Using Radio Materials in High School
7 Broadening the Horizons: (Re-)Starting LOTE Learning at University
8 Pursuing Multilingualism or Not? Language and Academic Studies
9 What Does Language Mean to the Interviewees, in the End? Language Learning beyond Formal Education
Part 3 Concluding Thoughts
10 Reflecting on the Method: Advantages and Challenges of Longitudinal Case Studies Utilizing Interviews
11 Conclusion
Afterword
Appendices
References
Index

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