Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self (Second Language Acquisition, 36)

Review The book is sophisticated, and readers will have to be already familiar with the fundamental aspects of L2 motivation research. Nevertheless, it would be an invaluable aid to researchers seeking to keep up with the ever-advancing developments in the area. Susan C. Baker, Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development ― Vol. 32, No.2, March 2011, 201-206 Product Description Due to its theoretical and educational significance within the language learning process, the study of L2 motivation has been an important area of second language acquisition research for several decades. Over the last few years L2 motivation research has taken an exciting new turn by focusing increasingly on the language learner’s situated identity and various self-perceptions. As a result, the concept of L2 motivation is currently in the process of being radically reconceptualised and re-theorised in the context of contemporary notions of self and identity. With contributions by leading European, North American and Asian scholars, this volume brings together the first comprehensive anthology of key conceptual and empirical papers that mark this important paradigmatic shift. About the Author Zoltán Dörnyei is a Professor of Psycholinguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published extensively on second language acquisition and learner psychology, with a particular focus on language learner motivation.Ema Ushioda is a Professor and Head of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, where she has been based since 2002. Ema is known for her work on motivation and autonomy in language learning, particularly for promoting qualitative approaches to researching motivation, and she has published widely in these areas. Her books include International Perspectives on Motivation: Language Learning and Professional Challenges(2013), Teaching and Researching Motivation (co-authored by Dörnyei, 2011), Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self (co-edited by Dörnyei, 2009), and the forthcoming title Language Learning Motivation: An Ethical Agenda for Research (2020). Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 SelfBy Zoltán Dörnyei, Ema UshiodaMultilingual MattersCopyright © 2009 Zoltán Dörnyei, Ema Ushioda and the authors of individual chaptersAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-84769-128-6ContentsContributors, 1 Motivation, Language Identities and the L2 Self: A Theoretical Overview Ema Ushioda and Zoltán Dörnyei, 2 The L2 Motivational Self System Zoltán Dörnyei, 3 The Baby, the Bathwater, and the Future of Language Learning Motivation Research Peter D. MacIntyre, Sean P. Mackinnon and Richard Clément, 4 The L2 Motivational Self System among Japanese, Chinese and Iranian Learners of English: A Comparative Study Tatsuya Taguchi, Michael Magid and Mostafa Papi, 5 Learning Experiences, Selves and Motivated Learning Behaviour: A Comparative Analysis of Structural Models for Hungarian Secondary and University Learners of English Kata Csizér and Judit Kormos, 6 Self and Identity in L2 Motivation in Japan: The Ideal L2 Self and Japanese Learners of English Stephen Ryan, 7 International Posture and the Ideal L2 Self in the Japanese EFL Context Tomoko Yashima, 8 Motivation and Vision: The Relation Between the Ideal L2 Self, Imagination and Visual Style Abdullah S. Al-Shehri, 9 Links between Ethnolinguistic Affiliation, Self-related Motivation and Second Language Fluency: Are They Mediated by Psycholinguistic Variables? Norman Segalowitz, Elizabeth Gatbonton and Pavel Trofimovich, 10 Toward the Development of a Scale to Assess Possible Selves as a Source of Language Learning Motivation Richard Clément, 11 A Person-in-Context Relational View of Emergent Motivation, Self and Identity Ema Ushioda, 12 Situating the L2 Self: Two Indonesian School Learners of English Martin Lamb, 13 Imagined Identity and th