BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Linguistics Colloquium | Motivational Strategy Use by Fl Swahil i Instructors in the United States | Oct. 28\n\nOhio University’s Linguisti cs Colloquium Series presents Dr. Magdalyne Oguti Akiding discussing “Motiv ational Strategy Use by Fl Swahili Instructors in the United States” on Fri day\, Oct. 28\, at 12:55-1:50 pm via Microsoft TEAMS.\n\n \n\nJoin on your computer or mobile appMeeting ID: 272 010 274 784 Passcode: AXBHWGOr call i n (audio only) +1 614-706-6572\,\,38818416# United States\, Columbus Phon e Conference ID: 388 184 16# \n\nContact Dr. David Bell\, Chair of Linguist ics at Ohio University\, belld@ohio.edu.\n\n \n\nAkiding is Lecturer of Swa hili at Howard University and an alumna of the M.A. in Linguistics program. \n\n \n\nAbstract: Second language (L2) teachers’ practices in the classroo m can influence their students’ motivation for learning the L2. Most of the research in this area has been conducted with students learning English as L2. Guilloteaux and Dörnyei (2008) recommended that more research be condu cted on the use of motivational teaching practices in different languages\, cultures\, and instructional contexts to enrich the literature on this top ic. In line with that recommendation\, I had three goals with the current s tudy: first\, to investigate which motivational teaching practices are used by two teachers of Swahili in the United States\; secondly\, to investigat e learners’ perceptions of the impacts of those motivational teaching pract ices on their motivated behaviour\; and thirdly\, to find out the impact of select factors on teachers’ implementation of those teaching practices.\n\ n \n\nI employed a case study methodology (Duff\, 2014) and collected class room-based data by means of observations\, stimulated recall sessions\, and semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed variations in the implementa tion of motivational teaching practices by the two teachers. While learners ’ perceptions about those strategies were mostly positive\, results also re vealed instances where students did not perceive some practices as motivati onal despite their teachers thinking that they were. Factors such as the te achers’ cultural backgrounds and training were found to influence the teach ers’ motivational strategy use. Additionally\, teachers’ preparedness to te ach remotely\, the challenges of remote teaching\, and institutional suppor t were found to affect their implementation of motivational teaching practi ces. I discuss these results in particular in light of the time of data col lection\, which was during the COVID-19 pandemic. DTEND:20221028T175000Z DTSTAMP:20241123T132123Z DTSTART:20221028T165500Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Linguistics Colloquium | Motivational Strategy Use by Fl Swahili In structors in the United States | Oct. 28 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_40687659262076 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/linguistics_colloquium_oct_28 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR