A socio-psychological analysis of goal-setting when deciding to learn a second language

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Giuseppe D’Orazzi
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Abstract

This study bridges a gap in the current research on motivation and demotivation learning a second language (L2). It is meant to provide an overview of students’ goal setting when they start to learn an L2 at university level in Australia. Drawing on goal-setting and learning goal orientation constructs (cf. Miller, 2020), goal formation is deconstructed and analysed to throw new light on students’ psychological processes identified at the micro level and the influences on goal setting stemming from the social context at the macro level in which students operate. The interaction between the two levels is explored in order to understand which dynamics lie behind research participants’ desire of gaining proficiency in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Qualitative data analysis outcomes are shown in an attempt to provide clear and applicable pedagogical suggestions for L2 practitioners (see, e.g., Al-Hoorie et al., 2021).
决定学习第二语言时目标设定的社会心理学分析
本研究填补了当前关于第二语言学习动机和动机缺失研究的空白。它旨在提供学生在澳大利亚大学开始学习第二语言时目标设定的概述。利用目标设定和学习目标导向结构(cf. Miller, 2020),对目标形成进行了解构和分析,从而在微观层面上揭示了学生的心理过程,在宏观层面上揭示了学生所处的社会环境对目标设定的影响。为了了解研究参与者渴望熟练掌握法语、德语、意大利语和西班牙语背后的动力,研究人员探索了这两个层次之间的相互作用。定性数据分析结果的展示是为了为第二语言从业者提供明确和适用的教学建议(参见al - hoorie等人,2021)。
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2.70
自引率
8.30%
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24
期刊介绍: The Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) is the preeminent journal of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA). ARAL is a peer reviewed journal that promotes scholarly discussion and contemporary understandings of language-related matters with a view to impacting on real-world problems and debates. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on language/s in educational, professional, institutional and community settings. ARAL welcomes national and international submissions presenting research related to any of the major sub-disciplines of Applied Linguistics as well as transdisciplinary studies. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: · Analysis of discourse and interaction · Assessment and evaluation · Bi/multilingualism and bi/multilingual education · Corpus linguistics · Cognitive linguistics · Language, culture and identity · Language maintenance and revitalization · Language planning and policy · Language teaching and learning, including specific languages and TESOL · Pragmatics · Research design and methodology · Second language acquisition · Sociolinguistics · Language and technology · Translating and interpreting.
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