Iranian University English Learners' Discursive Demotivation Construction

Autor/inn/en	Rashidi, Nasser; Rahimi, Mohammad; Alimorad, Zahra
Titel	Iranian University English Learners' Discursive Demotivation Construction
Quelle	In: Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2 (2014) 2, S.35-49 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2322-1291
Schlagwörter	Discourse Analysis; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; College Students; Motivation; English Language Learners; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Universities; Interviews; Diaries; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Diskursanalyse; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Collegestudent; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; University; Universität; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Diary; Tagebuch
Abstract	Investigating how foreign language learners' discourse mediates their demotivation construction is a relatively new area of inquiry. This paper examined the discursive construction of four (two males and two females) Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' demotivation at Shiraz University, Iran. Employing Fairclough's (2003) critical discourse analysis framework, the present study revealed that demotivation is not uni-dimensional and static; rather, it is complex, multi-dimensional, and dynamic, which is discursively constructed in the constant interaction between the individual and the social context. Findings also indicated that the discursive construction of demotivation involved simultaneous interaction of multiple levels of learners' interpersonal relationships, their future self-guides, and factors in local and broader social, cultural and political milieus. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01