Publications

Publication details [#65162]

Henry, Alastair and Cecilia Thorsen. 2018. The ideal multilingual self: validity, influences on motivation, and role in a multilingual education. The International Journal of Multilingualism 15 (4) : 349–364.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | foreign language acquisition | high school | motivation | multilingualism

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This inquiry explores whether there is empirical help for the ideal multilingual self construct, and whether it affects motivation to acquire a second foreign language. Data stem from a sample of students at two secondary schools in Sweden with an international profile.