Norton, B. (1995). Social identity, investment, and language learning. TESOL Quaterly, 29(1), 9-31.
The study examines the intrapersonal struggles in language learning and how in order to develop a fluency in a language it is dependent more on personal investment rather than motivation. Examples included a mother who was steeping outside of her comfort zone and speaking on the phone with her landlord, which is very difficult to do in a second language, because her family's well-being and survival was at stake.
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