Transgenic 3.L2 T cells are stimulated by Hb(64-76)/I-Ek and are positively selected on I-Ek plus self-peptides. To this pool of self-peptides we have added a single, well-defined 3.L2 TCR antagonist (A72) in vivo. We find that mice expressing both the 3.L2 TCR and A72 have a minimal loss of T cells expressing the clonotypic TCR in the thymus and spleen. Importantly, the proliferative response ...

although gardner and his associates’ work was most influential in the field of l2 motivation, from the early 1990s onwards, their work has been criticized for several reasons. some researchers claimed that integrative and instrumental orientations were no longer able to convey the complexity of the l2 motivation construct. to examine this complexity, the present study attempted to investigate t...

Employing an explanatory sequential design, this study investigated the effects of a blog-mediated writing course on L2 students’ writing motivation, self-efficacy, and self-regulation. A number of 46 Iranian EFL learners from 2 intact university classes were recruited as the participants and were randomly assigned into the control group (n = 21) and the experimental group (n ...

This study intended to figure out the level and dominant motivation in learning English for sixth-semester students majoring Mathematics Education Program of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University. was viewed from three dimensions (Ideal L2 Self, Ought-to Learning Experience) Motivational Self System framework Dörnyei (2005, 2009). A quantitative research approach employed through a survey design ac...

Since the initiation of Dörnyei’s (2009) L2 Motivational Self System model (L2MSS) in 2009, research on second language (L2) learning motivation has witnessed unprecedented achievements. This recent study offered a brief review significant findings that drew L2MSS framework from 2009 to 2021. Studies included this were categorized by two universal approaches: quantitative and qualitative. Besid...

Title of Document: CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, MOTIVATION, AND STRATEGIES TO KOREAN COLLEGE STUDENTS’ L2 WRITING DEVELOPMENT Soo Eun Chae Doctor of Philosophy, 2011 Directed By: Professor Patricia A. Alexander, Department of Human Development The current study examined Korean college students’ L2 writing development and performance, motivation, and strategies while taking ESL writing clas...

A significant amount of contribution to pragmatics research comes from cross-cultural and developmental pragmatic studies with L2 learners in focus; however, despite broad interest in such analyses, the role of lecturers has been relatively ignored. As the lectures’ perceptions/opinions of L2 learners’ e-mail requests are important, L2 learners must become familiar with their lecturers’...