Summary:  First, we reviewed the definition of the L2 self system. Then, you formed pairs to discuss your ideas and the vision you wrote in your Google Doc.

Sahakyan, T. (2022, Sept. 16). Language learning motivation [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRRGU9Q9tDI

Note: Time Stamp 1:42 for L2 Self System

English Past (Language Learning Experience and Ought-to Self):

1. When did you start learning English? Please discuss what you remember about this experience. About how old were you?
2. How did you study English in junior and senior high school? How were your English classes?
3. Pretend I was a student in one of your classes in secondary school. Please take me to the class and describe what I can expect to see.
4. What English studies did you feel that you had to do, but did not want to do?
5. Describe a positive(s) or negative experience(s) you have had learning English in the classroom. What did you learn from the experience?
6. What was the best or worst English class you have ever had? Why?
7. How about studying abroad? If so, how was it?  
8. Have you used English while abroad? In Japan? If so, how was that? Please explain.
9. What opportunities have you had to use English outside the classroom?

After that, in new pairs, you discussed your current motivation by using these questions:

English Present (Language Learning Experience and Ought-to Self)

1. What motivates you to learn English?

2. How do you feel about using English now?

3. What are the best ways for you to study English?

4. Which English classes are you taking at this university now?

5. What are your recent goals for English this term?

6. What English are you learning now?

7. What English studies are you currently feeling you must do, but do not want to do?

8. How do you develop your English skills these days?9. Do you use English for your hobbies, sports, or during your relaxation time?

Class 09 Homework on Language: Please take 3-4 pages of notes on one reading or two viewings from the offerings below in keywords and use summarizations as much as possible. Whenever you can, especially using “direct quotations,” note the page and paragraph number to help you know where you got the information. These actions will also help you avoid plagiarism.

Please edit the information in each reading or viewing according to the example below as accurately as possible. I can help edit. Here is the list of all the readings and viewings for Cycle 2. Feel free to find your own language readings and viewings as well; however, please share the source by providing the URL so that I can share it with the class.

This homework is due before the third period at the end of lunch on Friday, before Class 10.

Here is the list of readings and viewings for Cycle 2. Please click the links.

Language Learning Experiences

Ahluwalia, J. (2020, August 14). Both not half: How language shapes identity [Video]. TEDxChandigarh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP0bAQ8J6C0

Boroditsky, L. (2018, May 2). How language shapes the way we think [Video]. YouTube. TED Presentations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKK7wGAYP6k

Josh ESL. (2016, July 04). Motivation and goals for language learning: Motivation in EFL language motivation: L2 Self [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzLPMYEKQs

Vye, S. (2016). Art and the motivational L2 self system in a university course. Learning Learning, 23(2), 2-7. http://ld-sig.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Article-1-Vye.pdf

The Ought-to Self (What You Ought to Do to Learn the Language Coming from Others)

Irie, K. & O’Neil, T. (2015).  Motivation in language learning with Professor Kay Irie, Gakushuin University, Tokyo [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPqvC-q5fg&t=1s

Boroditsky, L. (2018, May 2). How language shapes the way we think [Video]. YouTube. TED Presentations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKK7wGAYP6k

Hughes, L. S., Vye, S., & Ray, D. (2020). The L2 motivational self system: A replication study. JALT Journal, 42(1), 5-28. https://jalt-publications.org/sites/default/files/pdf-article/jj2020a-art1.pdf

Josh ESL. (2016, July 04). Motivation and goals for language learning: Motivation in EFL language motivation: L2 Self [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzLPMYEKQs

Kaneko, N., & Yanagihara, R. (2017). Ideal L2 self in EFL and ESP. Hijiyama University Bulletin, 24, 37-44. http://harp.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/hijiyama-u/metadata/12487

Nagle, C. (2019, April 19). It’s about time: Motivation and second language L2 speech learning [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXhk99c8ZI

National Center on Improving Literacy (2019, Jan. 26). How do early language experiences contribute to a child’s ability to read [Video]? Reading Rocket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdzCDkJnaOc

Pranpunta, S. (2016). EFL learners’ stories: Ideal L2 self and their learning experiences. In P. Clements, A. Krause, & H. Brown (Eds.), Focus on the learner. Tokyo: JALT. Click to access jalt2015-pcp_020.pdf

Phung, L. (2025, Feb. 18). Motivational self system in language learning [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKK6N-Q6XvA

Tagarelli, K. (2022, Aug. 25). What motivates you to learn a second language? Science behind language learning [Video]. YouTube Mango Languages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUltY_XLhXM

Vye, S. (2016). Art and the motivational L2 self system in a university course. Learning Learning, 23(2), 2-7. http://ld-sig.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Article-1-Vye.pdf

The Ideal Self (Vision for the Future)

Dornyei, Z. (2016, December 02). Motivating learners and teachers through vision [Video]. Youtube: Cambridge University Press. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTLYjLksvg

Irie, K. & O’Neil, T. (2015).  Motivation in language learning with Professor Kay Irie, Gakushuin University, Tokyo [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPqvC-q5fg&t=1s

Hughes, L. S., Vye, S., & Ray, D. (2020). The L2 motivational self system: A replication study. JALT Journal, 42(1), 5-28. https://jalt-publications.org/sites/default/files/pdf-article/jj2020a-art1.pdf

Goswami-Christiansen, S. (2020, February 4). Nationalism or global identity [Video]. TEDxCopenhagen.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tacXlQptaUA

Kaneko, N., & Yanagihara, R. (2017). Ideal L2 self in EFL and ESP. Hijiyama University Bulletin, 24, 37-44. http://harp.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/hijiyama-u/metadata/12487

Nagle, C. (2019, April 19). It’s about time: Motivation and second language L2 speech learning [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXhk99c8ZI

Pranpunta, S. (2016). EFL learners’ stories: Ideal L2 self and their learning experiences. In P. Clements, A. Krause, & H. Brown (Eds.), Focus on the learner. Tokyo: JALT. Click to access jalt2015-pcp_020.pdf

Phung, L. (2025, Feb. 18). Motivational self system in language learning [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKK6N-Q6XvA

Vye, S. (2016). Art and the motivational L2 self system in a university course. Learning Learning, 23(2), 2-7. http://ld-sig.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Article-1-Vye.pdf