(Why) See yourself as plurilingual — intercomprehension and motivation towards the learning of LOTEs in young learners

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• dc.contributor.author Arenare, Giovanna
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-03-15T07:09:16Z
• dc.date.available 2024-03-15T07:09:16Z
• dc.date.embargoEnd info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-07-04
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description Data de publicació electrònica: 4 de gener de 2024
• dc.description.abstract This mixed-method study explores the motivational mindsets towards the learning of LOTEs of two groups of Italian preadolescents (aged 10–14) after Romance Intercomprehension (RIC) training in a school context. Reference is made to the notions of self-efficacy, the extrinsic/intrinsic spectrum and the emergence of a desired plurilingual identity. Data—collected through a close-ended questionnaire item (with control groups of untrained peers), and semi-structured post-training interviews—are discussed following a descriptive interpretive paradigm with an ethnographic approach. Findings allow to characterise participants’ post-training motivation towards the learning of LOTEs as more intrinsic and self-regulated than that of control groups, and indicate awareness of increased self-efficacy and the emergence of an embryonic ideal plurilingual identity. Further research is needed to substantiate these findings with more generalisable data. However, findings suggest that RIC training positively affects motivation to learn LOTEs, and its curricular implementation holds potential for fostering openness in a multilingual and multicultural society.
• dc.description.sponsorship The work was supported by the Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (three-year paid leave for doctoral studies) [prot. 0007095 of 10.06.2019]; Agencia de Gestio d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR), Research Project Grupo Gr@ael [2017SGR 915]; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion y Agencia Estatal de Investigacion, Research Project Inter_ECODAL [PID2020-113796RB-I00/MICINN/AEI/10.13039/501100011].
• dc.embargo.liftdate 2025-07-04
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• dc.identifier.citation Arenare G. (Why) See yourself as plurilingual — intercomprehension and motivation towards the learning of LOTEs in young learners. Journal of Language, Identity & Education. 2024. DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2023.2281947
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2023.2281947
• dc.identifier.issn 1534-8458
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59417
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Language, Identity & Education. 2024.
• dc.relation.ispartof Data de publicació electrònica: 4 de gener del 2024
• dc.rights © This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Language, Identity & Education on 4 Jan 2024, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/15348458.2023.2281947
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• dc.subject.keyword Intercomprehension
• dc.subject.keyword language learning motivation
• dc.subject.keyword nlinguistic education
• dc.subject.keyword plurilingual/multilingual identity
• dc.subject.keyword plurilingualism/multilingualism
• dc.subject.keyword LOTE
• dc.title (Why) See yourself as plurilingual — intercomprehension and motivation towards the learning of LOTEs in young learners
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