This article explores how learners engage in tasks in the context of language classrooms.
We describe engagement as a multidimensional construct that includes cognitive …

The theoretical emphasis within the L2 Motivational Self System has typically been on the
two future self-guides representing possible (ideal and ought-to) selves, leaving the third …

This article explores the relationship between course performance, English language
proficiency, motivation, and academic language skills in an English medium instruction …

Over the past decade, the focus of inquiry into the psychology of SLA has shifted from the
analysis of various characteristics within individuals towards a greater consideration of …

This article reports the first meta-analysis of the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005,
2009). A total of 32 research reports, involving 39 unique samplesand 32,078 language …

Traditional research into individual differences (ID) in second language (L2) learning is
based on group studies with the implicit assumption that findings can be generalized to the …

This study has aimed to investigate language learners' emotional experiences through the
lens of L2 future self-guides. To that end, the L2 motivational self system was chosen as the …

This article reports on the findings of a large-scale cross-sectional survey of the motivational
disposition of English language learners in secondary schools and universities in China …

This study examined the motivation to learn English of Indonesian junior high school pupils,
13–14 years of age, in three distinct contexts: a metropolitan city, a provincial town, and a …

Research on language learning motivation has typically focused on the strength of different
motives in isolation and often out of context. The present study aims to explore the …