- Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
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- Turkish EFL Learners’ Motivational Self Systems: A Cross-sectional Study
Turkish EFL Learners’ Motivational Self Systems: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors : Simla Course, Fatma Özlem Saka
Pages : 696-710
Doi:10.14812/cuefd.1311921
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Publication Date : 2023-12-31
Article Type : Research
Abstract :This paper reports the findings of a research, with a twofold aim of investigating L2 motivational self system of Turkish EFL learners and exploring how the constructs of this model interact with each other. To this end, we conducted a mixed methods research with 1168 participants from three populations of Turkish EFL learners, secondary school, high school and university students. The findings show that the tripartite mode of L2 motivational self system explains the Turkish EFL learners’ language learning motivation and that the constructs of this model contribute towards the language learning motivation following different paths for the three groups of learners from secondary school, high school and university. To investigate the possible changes these constructs undergo over time, language learning motivation trajectories of individual learners were also explored. The findings show that there is a dynamic interplay among these constructs. The findings also indicate patterns and emergence of attractor states in these interactions. Finally, it is found that the attractor states themselves also undergo changes over the learners’ trajectories, shaping whilst being shaped by the components of L2 motivational self system.Keywords : Yabancı Dil Olarak İngilizce, Dil Öğrenme Motivasyonu, İkinci Dil Motivasyon Benlik Sistemleri, Karmaşık Dinamik Sistemler Teorisi