Multilingual Selves and Motivations for Learning Languages other than English in Asian Contexts

Anas Hajar is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He is particularly interested in motivational issues in language learning and intercultural engagement and also works in the areas of internationalisation, education abroad, language learning strategies and shadow education. He is the author of International Students' Challenges, Strategies and Future Vision (Multilingual Matters, 2019).Syed Abdul Manan is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. His research interests include sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, mother tongue-based bi/multilingual education, World Englishes and linguistic landscapes.

This volume brings together a timely contribution from authors offering insightful perspectives on motivation from Asia. Whilst there’s a great number of studies looking at motivation with a particular regard for English learning, this new volume provides a much-needed, diverse collection examining the motivation to learn languages other than English.

• Figures and TablesContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsXuesong (Andy) Gao: ForewordChapter 1. Anas Hajar and Syed Abdul Manan: IntroductionChapter 2. Alastair Henry: Language Learning Motivation and the Multilingual TurnChapter 3. Ning An and Yongyan Zheng: Negotiating Agentive Selves in Arabic Learning: A Case Study of Arabic Learners at a Chinese UniversityChapter 4. Tianyi Wang: The Construction of Ought-To Multilingual Selves and their Roles in Shaping Chinese Language Learners’ LOTE MotivationChapter 5. Chika Takahashi: Japanese Learners’ LOTE Motivation and Persistence in Learning: Focusing on the Influence of EnglishChapter 6. Tae Umino: Exploring International Students' Experiences of Learning Japanese in Japan through Multimodal Language Learning HistoriesChapter 7. Anas Hajar and Syed Abdul Manan: Identity, Investment and Language Learning Strategies: Voices of Undergraduate Students Learning Korean in KazakhstanChapter 8. Raan Hann Tan and Larisa Nikitina: Indonesian Students’ Mental Images of Portugal and their L2 MotivationChapter 9. Stefanie Pillai and Roshidah Hassan: Multilingual Language Profiles, Perceptions and Motivations within the Context of Majoring in a Foreign Language in MalaysiaChapter 10. Muhammad Yasir Khan, Liaquat Ali Channa and Muhammad Mohsin Khan: Understanding Pakistani University Students’ Motivations for Learning Chinese in Pakistan: A Bourdieusian PerspectiveChapter 11. Anas Hajar: Understanding Challenges, Strategy Use and the Ideal Multilingual Self of Internally Displaced Syrians on the Syria–Turkey BorderChapter 12. Yeji Han: L2 Selves as a Source of Emotional Discomfort: A Self-Discrepancy PerspectiveChapter 13. Amy S. Thompson: Current Understandings and Future Directions in L2 Motivation ResearchIndex