The L2 learning experience as the Cinderella of the L2 motivational self system

Abstract

Drawing on Dörnyei’s (2019) invitation to examine in more depth students’ L2 Learning Experience, which he considers to be the ‘Cinderella of the L2 Motivational Self System’, this study proposes a tridimensional analysis of Dörnyei’s (2009) L2 Learning Experience construct. Teacher-specific Motivational Components, Course-specific Motivational Components (Dörnyei 1994), and the University Context (based on Dörnyei’s [2019] School Context) were used as categories of motivators to organise themes and variables emerging from research participants’ responses to two questionnaires and two rounds of interviews. Students of French, German, Italian and Spanish enrolled at different Australian unive..