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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
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.