I have a background in TESOL, and currently doing a project in linguistics. I'm trying to look for theories with a linguistic focus, and I came across Dornyei's second language motivational self system (L2MSS) and sounds appealing for my project, but I feel it's more TESOL than linguistics. Can it be used in linguistics as well?
Hello Dani Shal,
Generally speaking, Dörnyei’s (2009) L2 Motivational Self System as a significant
theoretical framework for emphasizing the role of the ‘selves’ in motivating students and enhancing their language achievement is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Although the questionnaire has mostly been used for TESOL oriented research projects, it can also be used for targeted issues in other areas. However, a word of caution deems necessary here. Most logically, you should change some of the items of the questionnaire for sensitizing it to your own specific purpose. By so doing, you should estimate the validity and reliability of the modified instrument anew.
Best of luck,
R. Biria
To me, Dörnyei’s model is very similar to the field of advertising, in which the goal of advertising is usually to get consumers to imagine themselves successfully using your product.
The lesson from Dörnyei is that teachers must help their students imagine future success. In language learning, it is functioning in international society. Ask yourself "what is success in linguistics?"
Considering the specific field of applied linguistics, it is possible to discuss L2MSS theory by Dörnyei (2009) with specific regard to orientation in the second/foreign/additional language learning. Ushioda (2015) states that L2MSS provides a more qualitative focus on the issue of motivation in the L2 learning process compared to earlier views on Gardner and Lambert (1959). Thus, L2MSS can be utilized from the framework of applied linguistics and any view that has motivation and orientation as a variable in language education
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