Uncovering L2 Grit Through Narratives of Preparatory Year Program Students: a Qualitative Inquiry
Synopsis
In an increasingly multilingual and globalised world, learning a foreign language has become more than an academic pursuit. It is a long-term endeavour that demands time, sustained effort and motivation, and it is no longer understood as a purely cognitive process. Grit, a non-cognitive construct has attracted growing attention in educational research and, more recently, in second language acquisition. This chapter presents a qualitative inquiry into how students enrolled in a preparatory year programme experience, sustain, and negotiate grit throughout their language learning journeys. Drawing on learners’ narratives, this qualitative study offers a contextualised account of how learners experience, sustain and negotiate their grit. By foregrounding learners’ perspectives, the chapter illustrates the multifaceted character of L2 grit among students in a preparatory year programme.
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