The theoretical paradigms of second language (L2) learning motivation developed over the
past 25 years have been largely based on the study of English as a target language, which …

Cultivating motivation is crucial to a language learner's success–and therefore crucial for the
language teacher and researcher to understand. The third edition of Teaching and …

In 2006, Graddol predicted that numbers of 'English as a foreign language'learners would
begin to decline through the second decade of this century, as global English achieves …

This article explores adolescent students' attitudes toward learning English and other
European languages studied at secondary school. The study is based on 2255 qualitative …

Multilingual identity is an area ripe for further exploration within the existing extensive body
of identity research. In this paper we make a case for a conceptual framework that defines …

This study uses a Q methodology to track the changing motivational profiles of 15 Chinese
university students simultaneously engaged in second‐language (L2) English and third …

It is natural to assume the languages classroom to be a key site for the construction of
learners' linguistic and multilingual identities. Yet, an underlying assumption exists that this …

Despite the fact that learners' identities are thought to be shaped by foreign/second (L2)
language learning, the emergence of self-related issues in L2 motivation research is …

In this article the researchers analyze university students and teachers working in English‐
medium instruction (EMI) settings in terms of the second language (L2) motivational self …

This study attempts to synthesise the scholarship on second language (L2) motivation and
systematically examines the theoretical approaches, methods, research instruments, and …