Publications

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

Keywords

adult | language acquisition | minority language | motivation | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Irish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

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.