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L2 Learners' Self-Appraisal of Motivational Changes Over Time

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Hsieh, Ching-Ni·2009·Issues in Applied Linguistics
DOI 10.5070/l4171005104
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This study is an interview-based grounded theory investigation that explores the phenomenon of the changes in L2 motivation over time and across contexts. Two Taiwanese international students who studied at a higher educational institution in the U.S. were interviewed about their motivational orientations prior to and after the study abroad transition and about how their study abroad experience over one academic year subsequently shaped their L2 motivation. Data analysis of the two participants’ self appraisal of their L2 motivational changes indicated that the study abroad transition had a great impact on the development of the participants’ L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009). The participants’ L2 goals, attitudes toward the English-speaking community, and self concept changed as a result of their study abroad experience. Several interacting internal and external factors shaped and reshaped the changes in their L2 self images, and these changes varied intra-person and across individuals, depending upon the individual learner’s self-determination and action control associated with specific contextual challenges. Furthermore, the changes in the participants’ ideal L2 self as a competent English user appeared to be temporary, and long-term stability of the ideal self images was observed.

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Authors
Hsieh, C.-N.
Affiliations
Michigan State University (US)
Corresponding author
Hsieh, Ching-Ni
ORCID
Hsieh, Ching-Ni
Venue
Issues in Applied Linguistics
Publisher
California Digital Library (CDL)
Published
2009-07-30
Volume
17
Issue
1
ISSN
  • 1050-4273 (ISSN-L)
  • 2379-4542
DOI
10.5070/l4171005104
OpenAlex
W2158489982
Cited by
25
References
82
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI
5.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Issues in Applied Linguistics (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Keywords
second language motivation, study abroad, international students, L2 Motivational Self System, ideal L2 self, self-concept, self-determination, action control

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