Essays about: "L2 motivational self system"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words L2 motivational self system.

  1. 1. Willingness to Communicate and the Ideal L2 Self Inside and Outside the EFL Classroom. A Literature Review

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

    Author : Ida Granlund; Alice Lyttkens; [2023-11-14]
    Keywords : Willingness to Communicate; L2MSS; Ideal L2 self; Extramural English; integrativeness; EFL; L2 Learning Experience; Target Language;

    Abstract : This literature review investigates why EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students are reluctant to speak the target language in the classroom. As this is a complex question with complex answers, this review focuses on how the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS), specifically the ideal L2 self, affects willingness to communicate (WTC). READ MORE

  3. 2. We Can’t Do It Unless We Put Our Minds to It : A Study on L3 Learners’ Motivation to Learn English

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Lotta Nolemo Lundgren; [2023]
    Keywords : motivation; L3; L2MSS; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This study examines what motivates newly arrived students to study English while atthe same time immersed in and studying Swedish as a second language, both coresubjects and necessary to attend higher education. The question arises since manystudents fail to pass the English course in secondary school but at the same time manageto pass the course in Swedish as a second language. READ MORE

  4. 3. Extramural English, Motivation and Identity : A study of Swedish young English language learners’ participation in English class

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik

    Author : Sebastian Lagnebäck; [2022]
    Keywords : engagement; ideal L2 self; L2 learning experience; L2 motivational self system; linguistic portrait; phenomenographic;

    Abstract : This phenomenographic study examines how imagining a future self as an English speaker and extramural English habits interact and affect the desire to learn English and engagement in the English classroom. The study was carried out in northern Sweden, and used a purposive sample of 23 pupils in the fifth and sixth grade of Swedish compulsory school. READ MORE

  5. 4. Motivation to study English as a foreign language : A comparative study of the motivation to study EFL in newly arrived immigrant students and their Swedish-born peers

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för lärarutbildning

    Author : My Gustafsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Motivation; EFL; newly arrived students; integrative; instrumental; L2 Motivational Self System;

    Abstract : English as a foreign language (EFL) is considered one of the most important subjects within the Swedish school system, and a passing grade is crucial for students’ graduation from secondary school. However, many schools have found that this English requirement proves a challenge for some newly arrived teenagers. READ MORE

  6. 5. Motivational Factors in Textbooks : Textbook Usage and its Influences on Pupil Self-Learning

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Author : NannaLinnea Bergman; Emma Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Textbook; psychological factors; L2 learning motivation; self-efficacy; motivation; learning independence; SDT; L2MSS; EFL; digital; physical; Seconda;

    Abstract : Abstract The aim of this study is to examine the role that textbooks have within the subject of English in Swedish secondary school, years 7-9, and the psychological impact textbooks may or may not have on pupil language learning. Theories used in this study support the fact that pupils who are able to independently develop their language skills are more successful language learners, including the self-efficacy theory, theories about motivation, i. READ MORE