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Publication details [#61538]

Harris, John and Colin J. Flynn. 2016. Motivational diversity among adult minority language learners: are current theoretical constructs adequate? Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 37 (4) : 371–384.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This small-scale (n = 12) study unveils a series of motivations amid adult Irish learners in Ireland. Some resemble traditional and current constructs, others are inspired by affective factors like identity, linguistic legacy and cultural relations.