Who is your ideal multilingual self?
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Who is your ideal self? Do they have a million dollars? Do they travel the world? Are they…multilingual? Join Marina and Jeremiah as they explore the theory of the ideal multilingual self and how it can boost your motivation when learning another language.
Sources:
Dörnyei, Z. (2009). 18. Motivation, Language Identities and the L2 Self: Future Research Directions. Link
Henry, A. (2017). L2 Motivation and Multilingual Identities. Link
Kuyper, H. (2023). Multilingual Motivation: The Case of North Korean Language Learners (Presentation). Link
Nakamura, T. (2019). Understanding motivation for learning languages other than English: Life domains of L2 self. Link
Thompson, A. (2020). My many selves are still me: Motivation and multilingualism. Link
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