English as an Investment: A Narrative Inquiry into Preparatory Students’ Global Aspirations

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dc.contributor.authorÇolak, Miranda Karjagdi
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-08T15:08:20Z
dc.date.available2026-02-08T15:08:20Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAs English Medium Instruction (EMI) continues to expand in Turkish higher education, this study explores the motivations and identity investments of EMI and non-EMI students enrolled in a university English preparatory program. Using narrative inquiry, it focuses on five Turkish students (two male, three female), purposefully selected for their diverse academic trajectories and language learning goals. Narrative data were analyzed thematically through qualitative content analysis, informed by Peirce’s [Norton] (1995) theory of investment, its expanded model (Darvin & Norton, 2015), and Bourdieu’s (1986) concept of linguistic capital. Results reveal that students view English as a form of long-term investment, closely tied to imagined global mobility, professional advancement, and identity formation, yet they report limited institutional support beyond the preparatory year. The study highlights how neoliberal ideologies shape students’ language aspirations and underscores the need for sustained, goal-oriented language development opportunities aligned with learners’ imagined futures.
dc.identifier.doi10.31464/jlere.1660703
dc.identifier.endpage908
dc.identifier.issn2149-5602
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage891
dc.identifier.trdizinid1355310
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.31464/jlere.1660703
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/4954
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofDil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_TR-Dizin_20260207
dc.subjectNeoliberalism
dc.subjectimagined communities
dc.subjectlinguistic capital
dc.subjectlanguage learner identity
dc.titleEnglish as an Investment: A Narrative Inquiry into Preparatory Students’ Global Aspirations
dc.typeArticle

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