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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Masuko MiyaharaPublisher: Channel View Publications Ltd Imprint: Multilingual Matters Volume: 89 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.468kg ISBN: 9781783093816ISBN 10: 1783093811 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 16 July 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsOverview of the Research Acknowledgments Researcher's Background * Introduction * Theoretical Frameworks * Narrative Approach: Identities Studies and Emotions * The Research Design, the Site, Participants, Data Collection and Analysis * Sayaka and Megumi 's Stories: Authenticate and Strengthen the L2 Possible Selves * Megumi and Yui's Stories: Desires to Create and Develop the L2 Possible Selves * Hinako and Takehiro's Stories: Ambivalent Desires to Create the L2 Possible Selves * An Attempt to Weave the Threads Together: * Conclusion and Afterword Figures and Tables AppendicesReviewsThis is a bold study that brings together psychological and sociological perspectives on the motivation to learn English of six young Japanese. Informed both by wide reading and an intimate knowledge of context, Miyahara uses a narrative approach to demonstrate convincingly how the learners' experiences with English in childhood and adolescence colour their attitudes and motivation to learn during their first year at college. Martin Lamb, University of Leeds, UK Author InformationMasuko Miyahara is Lecturer at the International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan. She has been working in the field for over 20 years and her areas of interest include identity studies and language learning, autonomy, emotions in language learning and methodological issues related to language learning research. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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