The dynamic constructions of subjectivity, attitude, investment and identity towards English(es): A case study of multilingual English learners in Indonesia

Fauziyah, Nur Nabilah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2392-5347 and Wahyudi, Ribut ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-1678 (2026) The dynamic constructions of subjectivity, attitude, investment and identity towards English(es): A case study of multilingual English learners in Indonesia. MEXTESOL, 50 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2395-9908

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Abstract

This study examines the constructions of English learners' subjectivity, attitude, investment, and identity in World Englishes or Standard English in a multilingual country, Indonesia. The researchers interviewed four English learners exposed to the World Englishes paradigm in the Introduction to (Critical) Applied Linguistic course. The data were analysed through several analytical frameworks: Foucauldian Discourse Analysis as rewritten by Walshaw (2007), English learners’ identity prototypes (Gao, 2014), and language investment (Darvin & Norton, 2015, 2017; Norton, 2013). The findings of this study showcase the dynamic trend of Indonesian English learners' subjectivities, attitudes, investments, and identities while dealing with the issue of English(es). Their multiple subjectivities on World Englishes are likely shaped by several influences, including formal schooling, institutional practices, policy documents, disciplinary courses, and everyday experience. Although the hegemonic power of Inner Circle Englishes still exists in most of English Language Teaching praxis in Indonesian education, the respondents’ awareness of World Englishes, in this regard, has gradually reconstructed their subjectivities, which partly deconstructs the way they perceive and invest in Standard English or Localised Varieties of Englishes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	subjectivity; attitude; investment; standard English; world Englishes; English language teaching
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130207 LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of English Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Ribut Wahyudi
Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2026 15:07

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