Ideal L2 Self, Visual Learning Styles, and L2 Self Confidence in predicting Language Proficiency and L2WTC: A Structural Equation Modeling
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This study intends to identify the interrelationships between motivation, perceptual learning styles, cognitive variables, and language proficiency in a single framework. In particular, the role of the Ideal L2 self, visual learning styles, and L2 confidence for predicting learners’ language proficiency and their willingness to communicate in real life were investigated. The results revealed that visual learning styles have a positive effect on the Ideal L2 self and are indirectly associated with L2 proficiency through the mediating function of motivation. These relationships provide evidence that learners with more vivid images of the distance between their actual and Ideal L2 selves find learning a goal-oriented activity and as a result, are encouraged to make more endeavors to reach higher levels of proficiency. The desire to bridge the gap between their current and ideal selves helps learners reduce anxious arousals and feel more competent to accomplish L2 tasks, which in turn helps learners be more prepared and willing to communicate. Finally, implications for language teachers and policy makers to inspire learners to become more engaged in L2 activities are discussed.
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