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L2 motivation, self and identity: Current theoretical perspectives. Ema Ushioda Centre for Applied Linguistics University of Warwick. Antwerp CALL 2010: Motivation and Beyond. My early background in CALL. Overview of my talk. Traditional L2 motivation concepts.
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L2 motivation, self and identity: Current theoretical perspectives EmaUshioda Centre for Applied Linguistics University of Warwick Antwerp CALL 2010: Motivation and Beyond
Traditional L2 motivation concepts Instrumental and integrative L2 motivation Gardner & Lambert 1959, 1972
From external to internalprocesses of identification Reconceptualizingintegrativeness as an internal process of identification within the self-concept (Dörnyei & Csizér 2002)
L2 Motivational Self System Dörnyei 2005, 2009 • Empirical research: • Csizér & Kormos 2009 • Ryan 2009 • Taguchi et al. 2009
Identities Norton 2000, 2001; Menard-Warwick 2009
Linking present L2 experience to future imagined L2 experience
Motivating the person: Looking beyond L2 motivation literature
Motivational importance of orienting to students’ preferred identities Richards 2006: Analysis of classroom talk, based on Zimmerman’s (1998) model of discoursal and social identities
Engaging students’ transportable identities in the digital age
Fusion of personal technology useinside and outside L2 classroom
To conclude … a shift in identity roles Reshaping students’ psychological relation to content and process of learning, as they assume greater autonomy (Little 1991) and greater internally regulated motivation (Ushioda 2003) cf. Ushioda et al. in press From new situated identities potential for developing new possible future L2 selves