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Learning Languages in a Globalized World: Understanding Young Multilinguals' Practices in the Basque Country
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Oihana Leonet; María Orcasitas-Vicandi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In the present study, we have explored language learning motivation, attitudes and exposition strategies in participants' L2 and FL in an attempt to adopt a multilingual view that better suits the complex sociolinguistic context of the Basque Country. The study includes 200 young multilinguals from the Basque Country. Most of them have Basque as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Languages
Intervening with Near-Future Possible L2 Selves: EFL Students as Peer-to-Peer Motivating Agents during Exploratory Practice
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Machin, Elizabeth – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The present study offers insights on understanding motivation to learn a second language (L2) through implementation of the Exploratory Practice principles within the context of English as a foreign language at a university in Spain, and on discovering opportunities to enhance this. The account sits within the domain of the possible selves and the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Peer Relationship, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
Self-Perception of Emotional Development in Individuals Attending University Programmes for Seniors: Training Needs and Answers
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Serrate González, Sara; Torrijos Fincias, Patricia; Navarro Prados, Ana Belén – Studies in Continuing Education, 2019
In older adults, emotional competencies become the most important reason to preserve quality of life. In this study we focused on Emotional Intelligence in a group of older adults. by means of examining the relationship between perceived emotional competencies and sociodemographic variables. A total of 255 older participants (72.2% women), mean…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Emotional Development, Health, Learning Motivation
Group Directed Motivational Currents: Transporting Undergraduates toward Highly Valued End Goals
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García-Pinar, Aránzazu – Language Learning Journal, 2022
One of the most recent developments in the field of L2 motivation is the construct of Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs). This novel motivational conceptualisation is characterised by its energising capacity to promote and sustain action in a multitude of contexts whenever an individual is determined to attain a goal/vision he or she regards as…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learner Engagement
Trilingual Identity of Engineering Students in the Basque Country
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González Ardeo, Joseba M. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2014
An exploratory study to analyse the prospective increase of trilingual identity in engineering students from the Basque Country is carried out in this article. The differences of two groups of students were analysed by taking into account the answers provided in two similar questionnaires, one in 2004 and the other in 2012. The results obtained…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Engineering Education, Language Attitudes, Self Concept
The Relationship between Motivation, Gender, L1 and Possible Selves in English-Medium Instruction
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Lasagabaster, David – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
English-medium instruction (EMI) is considered to be one of the main instruments to internationalize universities all over the world. Due to its recent implementation, research on linguistic outcomes is on the increase, whereas non-linguistic outcomes have been neglected. In fact, research on motivation in traditional English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, International Education
Multiple Goals Perspective in Adolescent Students with Learning Difficulties
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Nunez, Jose Carlos; Gonzalez-Pienda, Julio Antonio; Rodriguez, Celestino; Valle, Antonio; Gonzalez-Cabanach, Ramon; Rosario, Pedro – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
In the present work, the hypothesis of the existence of diverse motivational profiles in students with learning difficulties (LD) and the differential implications for intervention in the classroom are analyzed. Various assessment scales (academic goals, self-concept, and causal attributions) were administered to a sample of 259 students with LD,…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Learning Problems, Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries