JALT2025 - Tokyo

The Influence of Other Languages on English Motivation

Nov 1, 2025, 5:00 PM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Psychology and Language Learning Room 308

Speakers

Benjamin Bailey (Doshisha University) Chika Takahashi (Ehime University) Jerry Huang (Kyoto Sangyo University) Simon Humphries (Kansai University)

Description

How does studying “languages other than English” (LOTEs) affect English motivation? This year-long mixed-methods study explores this question in the Japanese university context, where students must often study L2 English and an L3 LOTE simultaneously. It shares insights from student surveys, weekly journals, and interviews in which students record their L2 English motivation, engagement, confidence, and anxiety and the impact their L3 study had on these attributes.

Summary

How does studying “languages other than English” (LOTEs) affect English motivation? This year-long mixed-methods study explores this question in the Japanese university context, where students must often study L2 English and an L3 LOTE simultaneously. It shares insights from student surveys, weekly journals, and interviews in which students record their L2 English motivation, engagement, confidence, and anxiety and the impact their L3 study had on these attributes.