A Qualitative Validation of Directed Motivational Currents in the Acquisition of English as a Second Language in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Abstract
The present research validates the feature of a novel psychological construct i.e. Directed Motivational Currents in the acquisition of English as second language in the context of KP, Pakistan. DMCs have recently been introduced in the field of applied linguistics specifically in L2 motivation by Dornyei et al. (2014). Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs) is a new motivational construct which is related to the different periods of highly motivated behavior in the achievement of a personally significant well defined end goal. The main purpose of the researcher in the present study is to identify and validate the DMC cases in the population of KP, Pakistan. The researcher adopted the qualitative research method where the data has been collected from the ESL learners at universities, colleges and language institutes through semi structured interviews. The data from interview has been analyzed through thematic analysis. The findings highlights that true DMC cases exist in the KP, province of Pakistan as many ESL learners have gone through the DMC experience. The study also validates the main characteristics of DMCs in the learners gone through DMC experience.
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