Identity, Motivation, and Multilingual Education in Asian Contexts

Download or read book Identity, Motivation, and Multilingual Education in Asian Contexts written by Mark Feng Teng and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how learners' motivations and identities are constructed in the process of learning and using multiple languages in Asian contexts. It presents examples of multilingual contexts in different parts of Asia and illustrates various achievements and challenges associated with multilingual education. Drawing on recent theoretical developments regarding learners' motivations and identities in language learning-related research, this book uncovers learners' motivations that underlie their decisions of learning multiple languages in Asian contexts. Through empirical studies, the authors offer conceptual interpretations on emerging concepts such as dual-motivation system, motivation dynamics, motivational transformation episodes, and hierarchies of identities. In addition to being highly relevant to researchers of applied linguistics, this book is a valuable reference for every university and college library that serves a faculty or school of education.