This book investigates how learners’ motivations and identities are constructed in the process of learning and using multiple languages in Asian contexts. It presents examples of multilingual contexts in different parts of Asia and illustrates various achievements and challenges associated with multilingual education. Drawing on recent theoretical developments regarding learners’ motivations and identities in language learning-related research, this book uncovers learners’ motivations that underlie their decisions of learning multiple languages in Asian contexts. Through empirical studies, the authors offer conceptual interpretations on emerging concepts such as dual-motivation system, motivation dynamics, motivational transformation episodes, and hierarchies of identities. In addition to being highly relevant to researchers of applied linguistics, this book is a valuable reference for every university and college library that serves a faculty or school of education.
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Preface Introduction: Multilingual Education in Asian contexts 1. Imagined Communities, Motivation, and Multilingual Education in Asia 2. English as a Lingua Franca, Multilingual Identity, and Multilingual Education in Asia 3. Language Learning, Motivation, and Identity in Asian Multilingual Learning Context 4. Multilingual Education in Hong Kong: Motivation and Identity 5. Motivation and Identity of the Stakeholders: The Case of Hong Kong 6. The Dynamics of L2 and L3 Learning, Identity Development, and Motivation Change: A Hong Kong Learner Perspective 7. Identities, Imagined Communities, and Communities of Practice: Thai Students in China 8. L2 and L3 learning, Motivation and Identity: A Chinese EFL Learner’s Reflection Conclusion: Future directions for Multilingual Education in Asian Contexts References Index
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Recommended to those who are interested in the current status or the background of multilingual education in the Asian context.
Explores and analyses how learners’ motivations and identities are constructed in the process of learning multiple languages in Chinese-speaking contexts in Asia.
Synthesises recent theoretical developments concerning motivation and identity in language-related research

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ISBN
9781350099654
Publisert
2020-02-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
449 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
192

Om bidragsyterne

Mark Feng Teng is a language teacher educator with extensive teaching and research experience in China. Wang Lixun is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.