GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE
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Question
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They are afraid of becoming empowered.
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They might be perceived as being less loyal to their ethnic group.
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They might be identified as the leader of the group.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Motivation, attitude, age, intelligence, aptitude, cognitive style, and personality are considered as factors that greatly influence someone in the process of his or her second language acquisition.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ethnic identity can be broadly defined as a subjective experience of being a part of an ethnic group (Ashmore, Deaux, & McLaughlin-Volpe, 2004), and in the case of L2 learning and use, the ethnic groups in question typically are learners’ own (ancestral) ethnic group and one or more target language (L2) communities.
Detailed explanation-3: -In conclusion, these three factors: self-confidence, experiencing success and satisfaction, and good teacher-learner relationships as well as relationships between learners, play an essential role in developing language learners’ motivation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ideal L2 self is a person’s imagined ideal future self as a second language speaker. This ideal L2 self promotes motivation by inspiring the present self to strive to become the ideal self, which promotes integrative and internalized instrumental motivation in language learning.