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Imagination, Senses and Motivation: How are Sensory Styles, Imagery Capacity and Gender Related to Motivational Attributes of Iranian EFL Learners?
| العنوان: | Imagination, Senses and Motivation: How are Sensory Styles, Imagery Capacity and Gender Related to Motivational Attributes of Iranian EFL Learners? |
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| المؤلفون: | Saeed Safdari |
| المصدر: | Issues in Language Teaching, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 275-303 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | Allameh Tabataba'i University Press, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Language and Literature |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | imagery capacity, sensory style, self-guides, gender, motivation, Language and Literature |
| الوصف: | Recent research on second language (L2) motivation emphasizes the significant role of personal vision and future-oriented self images on L2 learners’ motivation. This role is even more important in EFL contexts where learners have scarce access to authentic communicative situations. Therefore, EFL learners’ capacity to form vivid images can have an essential role in enhancing their motivation to learn. This article reports on a research study that investigated the potential links among Iranian EFL learners’ imagery capacity, sensory styles, gender and future L2 self-guides (ideal L2 self and ought-to L2 self). A total of 311 adult Iranian EFL learners responded to a self-report questionnaire. Several correlation, multiple regression and t-tests were performed to analyze the data. The results revealed a significant association between EFL learners’ imagery capacity and their future L2 self-guides. The findings show that higher ability at generating mental images is strongly related to improved future L2 self-guides and increased motivation. Also, the results demonstrate that both visual and auditory sensory styles are involved in forming imagery and vision, and are both positively associated with EFL learners’ capability for imagining their future L2 self-guides. However, the analyses failed to find any significant connection between kinesthetic style and imagery capacity or L2 self-guides. Additionally, it was shown that self-guides, sensory styles and imagery capacity are not affected by gender. The results indicate the multisensory nature of vision and imply the potential benefits of visualization and imagery training in the language classroom. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2322-3715 2476-6194 25469053 |
| العلاقة: | https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_11035_11882ef91bad6a4b5a535c9285f45589.pdfTest; https://doaj.org/toc/2322-3715Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2476-6194Test |
| DOI: | 10.22054/ilt.2020.48725.457 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/2546905313e44db0adc02d2293e649cdTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.2546905313e44db0adc02d2293e649cd |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 23223715 24766194 25469053 |
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| DOI: | 10.22054/ilt.2020.48725.457 |