Toshiyuki Nakamura

Language Acquisition and the Multilingual Ideal

Exploring Japanese Language Learning Motivation

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the motivational development of Japanese language learners, this book investigates the relationship between their future self-image as Japanese speakers and their broader self-image as multilingual individuals. The book compares two groups of Japanese language learners, one from Australia and the other from South Korea. Questioning how motivation is influenced both by native languages and by the other languages which learners speak or study, Toshiyuki Nakamura uses dynamic systems theory (DST) to uncover how knowledge of English in these different contexts motivates the learning of Japanese. Employing the concept of 'domain of possible selves' as an analytical framework, the book also provides a detailed description of the development of the learners' visions of themselves as users of Japanese and uncovers various aspects of Japanese language learners' L2 self.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9781350244481
• ISBN-10: 1350244481
• Artikelnr.: 60692603

Autorenporträt

Toshiyuki Nakamurais Lecturer of Japanese in the Department of International Communication, Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies, Japan. He received his PhD from Monash University in 2017. His current research interests include motivation for language learning, language identity, multilingualism and Dynamic Systems Theory.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Understanding language learning motivation 'multilingually'
3. 'Japanese is easy, but difficult to continue.' Motivation and future
self-images of Korean learners
4. 'Japanese is difficult, but I don't want to stop.' Motivation and future
self-images of Australian learners
5. 'I think that English is the first, and the next is Japanese.':
Motivational trajectories of Korean learners
6. 'I really, really want to do Japanese translating.' Motivational
trajectories of Australian learners
7. Language learning motivation in English-speaking and
non-English-speaking contexts
References
Appendix 1(a): 1st round interview questions (Australian version)
Appendix 1(b): 1st round interview questions (Korean version)
Appendix 2(a): 2nd round interview questions (Australian version)
Appendix 2(b): 2nd round interview questions (Korean version)
Index