Title Imagining future selves : secondary and tertiary EFL students / by Li-Miao Debbie Huang

Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009

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Description xvi, 322 leaves ; 30 cm Summary This thesis reports how a vision of an ideal self as a speaker of English in the imagined global community where English is being used as lingua franca (ELF) by a vastly growing number of non-native English speakers (NNESs) for a wider communication alongside their L1, positively influences Taiwanese students' engagement in learning English in an exam-dominant context Notes Submitted to the School of Education of the Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2009 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (leaves 273-281) Includes bibliographical references (leaves 285-302) Subject English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Foreign speakers -- Taiwan. English language -- Taiwan -- Study and teaching (Tertiary) -- Foreign speakers English language -- Globalization. Second language acquisition. Motivation in education. Genre/Form Academic theses. Author Deakin University. Faculty of Arts and Education. Deakin University. School of Education.

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