Modern Social Science Research
Modern Social Science Research. 2026; 6: (1) ; 10.12208/j.ssr.20260013 .
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上海外国语大学英语学院 上海
*通讯作者： 孙新容,单位：上海外国语大学英语学院 上海；
本研究基于二语动机自我系统理论框架（L2 Motivational Self System, L2MSS），采用个案研究设计方案，考察了一位使用移动技术辅助语言学习（Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, MALL）的外语学习者动机变化轨迹及身份建构的动态详情。数据分析表明，MALL外语学习者的学习动机变化与其在不同时空中建构的自我以及其对他者的参照感知密切相关。“理想自我”和“应该自我”均呈现出“自我/他者”两个维度，而且“应该自我”维度中显示鲜明的“他者→自我”的参照感知轨迹。本研究还发现，在MALL语境下，外语学习者还建构起“玩家”这一新型动机身份。本研究为L2MSS理论框架在移动语言学习情境中的适用性做了实证性的探索，为技术辅助的语言学习动机研究提供了参考。
This case study is situated within the theoretical framework of the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) to investigate the trajectories of motivational changes and dynamic identity construction of a foreign language learner utilizing Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL). Results revealed that MALL learner’s motivational changes were closely related to the selves constructed across different spatiotemporal contexts and their perceptions of “self” and “others”. The “ideal L2 self” and “ought-to L2 self” distinctly manifested two dimensions of “self” and “others” respectively. A referential perceptive trajectory from “others” to “self” was discovered within the “ought-to L2 self” dimension. Additionally, a new motivational identity as a “player” was identified within the identity construction of the MALL learner. This study provides an empirical exploration of the applicability of the L2MSS theoretical framework in MALL context and offers insights for future technology-assisted language learning motivation research.
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