Journal Archives
This special issue features nine articles that mark a vibrant decade of theoretical expansion and empirical innovation inspired by the model of investment. The contributions span a wide spectrum of contexts and concerns,…
Understanding teachers’ digital literacies involving generative AI (GenAI) from a critical perspective, this article reports the findings of a multiple-case study of two Hong Kong novice teachers of different sociocultur…
Drawing upon the theoretical framework of the investment model, the study explored two Chinese university TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) lecturers’ experiences of investing in doctoral studies. F…
This study presents an ethnographic case study of two Chinese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners’ language learning experiences at an elite liberal arts college in Shanghai. Drawing on data collected from a 13-…
This study investigates how a first-year undergraduate student (Emma) in a Chinese English-medium instruction (EMI) university invests in Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) and EMI academic subjects learning out…
The emergence of Generative AI (GenAI) inevitably leads to changes in EFL teacher identity construction. Research exploring the discursive negotiation of teacher identity in the context of GenAI remains scarce. This stud…
A decade after its introduction, Darvin and Norton’s (2015) Model of Investment remains a cornerstone in understanding the intersection of identity, capital, and ideology in language learning. This commentary revisits th…
Poststructuralist conceptions of learner identity as investment have reshaped English language education by emphasizing the sociocultural positioning of multilingual learners. Yet, the evolving nature of language ideolog…
This study reports a longitudinal ethnographic study exploring how two pairs of co-teachers negotiated their professional identities and repositioned themselves in relation to evolving pedagogical translanguaging practic…
Amidst rising expectations around research as key to professional survival and advancement in the field of TESOL, this study explores the dynamics of three Vietnamese TESOL professionals’ investment in research from an e…
The articles gathered in this special issue vividly demonstrate how the model of investment has been mobilized to interrogate both online and offline spaces, and how the act of investing in discursive practices is always…
