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Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznan05/04/2014

Motivation, L2 Selves and Inter-Cultural Contact between Different Languages

and Cultures in FinlandTakumi Aoyama

[email protected] of Lapland, Finland

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At first...


At first...

• This is my final project for BA programme• and it’s still in progress


At first...

• The main aim of this study is‣ to find out the relationship between

- L2 Selves- and Inter-cultural contact- in Finland


Background


Csizér & Kormos (2008)

• A comparative study in Hungary‣ 13 to 14 year-old primary school children

‣ learning English and German

• Clustered according to the levels of attitudes toward language learning



• Type of inter-cultural contacts‣ Direct spoken contacts‣ Media usage‣ Direct Written contacts‣ Indirect contacts



• the differences in the motivation of L2 learners have relationships with their levels of inter-cultural contact.

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L2 Motivation• Csizér & Kormos (2008) mainly focused on

‣ Integrative‣ Instrumental

aspects of L2 motivation

• In this study, I’d like to focus on

L2 Selves


L2 Selves

• Learners’ future images on language learning

‣ What they might become

‣ What they would like to become

‣ What they are afraid of becoming


L2 Selves

• Ideal L2 Self

If the person we would like to become speaks an L2, the “Ideal L2 Self” is a powerful motivator to learn the L2 because of the desire to reduce the discrepancy between our actual and ideal selves.

(Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2011: 86)


L2 Selves

• Ought-to L2 Self

concerns the attributes that one believes one ought to possess to meet expectations and to avoid possible negative outcomes.

(Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2011: 86)


Language situation in Finland



• Official languages... Finnish and Swedish• Approximately 5% of the population speak Swedish as

their first language.

‣ Mostly in the western part (Coastal area)

• English is also an important language



• Swedish and English can be seen everywhere‣ Some pictures are shown in Taavitsainen & Pahta (2003; 2008)



• Rate of language choices as second/ foreign language in Finland

‣ English... 99.6%‣ Swedish... 99.2%‣ German... 24.8%‣ Russian...7.2%


Research Questions

RQ.1

‣ How do L2 Selves and inter-cultural contacts affect each other?

RQ.2

‣ Are there any differences among the relationships between L2 Selves and inter-cultural contact depending on languages?


Method


Material• Five-point scale questionnaire (50 items)

‣ About language learning motivation and experience of cultural contact with English, Swedish, Russian, and German

‣ Concerning...- Attitudes toward language learning- Ideal L2 Self- Ought-to L2 Self- Direct/ Indirect Inter-cultural contact


Material• Items

‣ Motivational factors- Retrieved from Taguchi et al. (2009)

‣ Inter-cultural contact- Based on a qualitative questionnaire

➡ 13 Finnish university students➡ Asking about their cultural contacts in daily life.

(e.g. In what kind of places do you see cultures from other countries around Finland?)


Target Group

• Finnish university students ‣ Undergraduate and postgraduate students

• Distribute in the form of online survey


Plan for Analysis

1. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)‣ Figure out the factors‣ Explore the correlations between factors

2. ANOVA & Multiple Comparison‣ Compare and explore if there are differences in the

relationships between L2 Selves and inter-cultural contacts among target languages


Expected Results


Expected Results

1. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)• Certain relationships between L2 Selves

and inter-cultural contacts will be observed.


Expected Results

2. ANOVA and Multiple comparison• There might be some differences in the

relationships between L2 Selves and inter-cultural contacts depending on languages participants study.


Thank you!Csizér, K., & Kormos, J. (2008). The Relationship of Intercultural Contact and Language

Learning Motivation among Hungarian Students of English and German. Journal of Multilingual and multicultural Development 29 (1), 30-48. doi:10.2167/jmmd557.0

Dörnyei, Z. (2009). The L2 Motivational Self System. In Z. Dörnyei &E. Ushioda (Eds.) Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self (pp. 9-42). Bristol, England: Multilingual Matters.

Dörnyei, Z., & Ushioda, E. (2011). Teaching and researching motivation. Harlow, England: Longman/Pearson.

Taavitsainen, I., & Pahta, P. (2003). English in Finland: Globalisation, language awareness and questions of identity. English Today 19 (4), 3-15. doi:10.1037/S0266078403004024

Taavitsainen, I., & Pahta, P. (2008). From global language use to local meanings: English in Finnish public discourse. English Today 24 (3), 25-38. doi:10.1037/S0266078408000266

Taguchi, T., Magid, M., & Papi, M. (2009). The L2 Motivational Self System among Japanese, Chinese and Iranian Learners of English: A Comparative Study. In Z. Dörnyei &E. Ushioda (Eds.) Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self (pp. 66-97). Bristol, England: Multilingual Matters.

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