earticle

논문검색

Understanding Taiwanese Adolescents’ English Learning Selves through Parental Expectations

원문정보

Hung–Tzu Huang

피인용수 : 0(자료제공 : 네이버학술정보)

초록

영어

This paper explores the interplay of Taiwanese adolescent English learners’ motivational selves and their parents’ expectations, with a special focus the identified perceptions of both teenage leaners and their parents towards English learning as a duty and obligation. Using the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS, Dörnyei, 2009), the qualitative study foregrounds the cultural and relational aspects of the self system in understanding language learning motivation. Results from semi-structured interviews suggest that parental expectations of children’s English learning exhibit a duality characterized by the hope that their children will become successful members of the globalized world and a belief that English learning is a basic responsibility for their children. Adolescent language learners’ and their parents’ actual selves, including their identification with societal roles and social obligations, mediate between parents’ investments in their children’s English education and teenage learners’ perceived obligations to meet parental expectations. The paper concludes by suggesting further research on parental expectations and the development of global selves, and on the synergized effect of language learners’ actual selves and future self-guides in motivating language learning.

목차

Abstract
 Introduction
 Literature Review
  The L2 Motivational Self System
  Viewing Possible Selves in Context: Actual Self and Societal Obligations
  Parental Expectations, L2 Motivation, and L2 Selves
  The Present Study
 Method
  The Research Site
  Participants
  Interviews and Data Analysis
 Results
  The Formation of a Global Identity
  Culturally Influenced, Self-perceived Role Obligations
 Discussion
 Conclusion
 Acknowledgements
 The Author
 References
 Appendix A
 Appendix B

저자정보

  • Hung–Tzu Huang Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

참고문헌

자료제공 : 네이버학술정보

    함께 이용한 논문

      ※ 기관로그인 시 무료 이용이 가능합니다.

      • 5,200원

      0개의 논문이 장바구니에 담겼습니다.