The role of language attitudes and ideologies in minority language learning motivation

Abstract The present article examines the importance of language attitudes and ideologies for studying motivation to learn minority languages by adults. In contemporary globalised world, proficiency not only in English, but also other languages, is necessary order communicate internationally find employment. These may be ‘major’ state such as French or Spanish. However, many linguistically diverse multilingual regions, local are important increasing one’s own social cultural capital, cohesion occasionally their economic values. Hence, it study what motivates people minoritised languages. L2 Motivational Self System has been developed used explaining English homogenous educational settings. this one context which learned. Drawing on qualitative data obtained among Polish post-2004 adult migrants Wales, discusses relevance Dörnyei’s integrativeness (Gardner & Lambert 1972) learning role more subtle, aspects (minority) ideologies. It proposed that vital