担心二语自我是一个独立的自我——对二语动机自我系统的重新审视

Dreaded L2 self is an independent self: A reexamination of L2 motivational self system

本研究对新西兰高校ESL语境下443名中国留学生的英语二语动机自我开展了问卷调查。研究通过验证性因子分析揭示了担心二语自我是一个独立的自我,不是理想二语自我在同一领域的另一面,二语动机自我系统应将"担心二语自我"作为一个单独的实体自我。据此,研究提出将Markus&Nurius(1986)可能自我理论中的"担心自我"融入D9rnyei(2005)的二语动机自我系统,望能为二语动机自我系统发展做出理论贡献。

This study uses a questionnaire survey to investigate 443 Chinese postgraduate and undergraduate students’ L2 motivational selves in the overseas ESL schooling context in New Zealand. By confirmatory factor analysis, it reveals that the dreaded L2 self is an independent self, not necessarily the negative side of the ideal L2 self in the same domain. Thus, the L2 motivational self system(L2 MSS) framework would do well to extend its scope to allow for dreaded L2 self as a separate entity. The study contributes to the literature on L2 motivational possible selves through the inclusion of Markus and Nurius’ s(1986) “dreaded self” alongside D9 rnyei’s(2005) L2 MSS.