Multilingualism and Persistence in Multiple Language Learning

Autor/in	Henry, Alastair
Titel	Multilingualism and Persistence in Multiple Language Learning
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 107 (2023) 1, S.183-201 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Henry, Alastair)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
DOI	10.1111/modl.12826
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Language Acquisition; Second Language Learning; Persistence; Goal Orientation; Learning Motivation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausdauer; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation
Abstract	For language learners who aspire to become multilingual, commitment involves a personal journey. Defining persistence as a preoccupation with goal-focused action directed to a desired future state and drawing on research from cognitive psychology and the mental time travel paradigm, this article presents an identity-based framework of persistence in multiple language learning. In the framework, persistence is supported through the operation of 3 interconnecting processes: (a) the generation of personally meaningful goals aimed at becoming multilingual, (b) the conjuring of mental images that represent states, events, and values associated with being multilingual, and (c) the integration of representations of multilingualism within an unfolding personal history. To illustrate these processes, data from online sources and research literature exploring language learners' narrative biographies is used. The relevance of the framework is critically assessed in relation to (a) the development of interventions supporting motivation for foreign language learning, (b) the exploration of motivational processes through narrative-based inquiry, and (c) the varying linguistic, social, and societal contexts in which multiple language learning takes place. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01