Appraising Adult Second-Language Learners’  

Oleh:

DeCoursey, C. A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of English Linguistics vol. 3 no. 6 (Dec. 2013), page 44-58.
Topik: avatars; second-language learning; virtual worlds; possible selves; motivation; second language learning; Appraisal analysis
Fulltext: C. A. DeCoursey.pdf (200.69KB)

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This paper uses Appraisal analysis to explore adult second-language learners’ realisations connecting self and ability when using Second Life. In particular, possible selves theory was used to discover whether learners realised a variety of selves. Studies of avatar subjectivity have focused on appearance and bricolage as vehicles for virtual subjectivity. Motivation theory articulates relations between various selves including the here-and-now self and desired selves which may function as self-guides, if a learning task is seen as realistic. In all, 40 student blogs were analysed using computational methods. This study found support for both approaches. Six frequently-occurring positive, and three frequently-occurring negative connections between self and ability are explored through examples. Conclusions are that virtual subjectivity is more goal-oriented and less involved with appearance and game-play in older users, older users accept social limitations on self, and second-language learners’ metacritical awareness may impact their ability to understand language tasks as realistic.

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