Motivation and Vision: An Analysis of Future L2 Self Images, Sensory Styles, and Imagery Capacity Across Two Target Languages

Recent theorizing on second language (L2) motivation has proposed viewing motivation as a function of the language learners’ vision of their desired future language selves. This would suggest that the intensity of motivation is partly dependent on the learners’ capability to generate mental imagery....

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Published in:	Language learning Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 437 - 462
Main Authors:	Dörnyei, Zoltán, Chan, Letty
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2013 Wiley-Blackwell Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Academic Achievement Adults. Performance, acquisition Asians Aspiration China Chinese languages Correlation English (Second Language) English as a second language learning Foreign Countries Future Futures (of Society) Hypothesis Testing ideal L2 self Ideal self Imagery Junior High School Students L2 motivational self system Languages Learning Motivation Linguistics Mandarin Mandarin Chinese Mental imagery Mental Representation Motivation Native Language ought-to L2 self Production and comprehension processes Psycholinguistics Psychology of language Questionnaires Second Language Learning Second Language Learning Theories Secondary School Students Self Concept Self image Self report Sensory Experience Sensory perception sensory styles Student Attitudes Student Characteristics Surveys China ideal L2 self Motivation sensory styles Self image Psycholinguistics L2 motivational self system Imagery ought-to L2 self Second language acquisition
ISSN:	0023-8333, 1467-9922
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