A systematic narrative review of International Posture: What is known and what still needs to be uncovered

English as a Foreign Language; Global Englishes; International Posture; Language learning motivation; Language and Linguistics; Education; Linguistics and Language

Abstract :

[en] The field of research investigating motivational variables in learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is large and varied. An emerging variable, International Posture, can be summarised as a revised form of Gardner's (1985) construct of integrativeness, updated by Yashima (2002). To further the understanding of International Posture, we conducted a systematic review of the literature. Data from 66 studies were extracted and four themes emerged from the literature, namely, the design/definition of International Posture, the measures used to quantify International Posture, its position in the nomological network of language learning motivation, and its purported malleability. The narrative review discusses each theme with a specific focus on future research. Overall, International Posture was found to be a valid and useful variable for directly explaining the motivation and indirectly explaining the proficiency of the EFL learner, although further research is needed to confirm the underlying design and measurement of the variable.

Disciplines :

Education & instruction

Author, co-author :

BOTES, Elouise ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) > Cognitive Science and Assessment

GOTTSCHLING, Juliana ; University of Luxembourg

STADLER, Matthias ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences > Cognitive Science and Assessment ; Ludwig-Maximillian University Munich, Germany

GREIFF, Samuel ; University of Luxembourg

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Language :

English

Title :

A systematic narrative review of International Posture: What is known and what still needs to be uncovered

Publication date :

June 2020

Journal title :

System

ISSN :

0346-251X

eISSN :

1879-3282

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Elsevier Ltd

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102232

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0346251X19303227?httpAccept=text/xml

Funders :

Luxembourg National Research Fund

Funding number :

PRIDE/15/10921377

Funding text :

The authors would like to inform that this article’s research was supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) ( PRIDE/15/10921377 ). The authors would like to thank them for their support.

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