https://gaexcellence.com/ijhpl <p>The <strong>International Journal of Humanities, Philosophy and Language (IJHPL) </strong>is published by <strong>Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd (GAE)</strong> to serve academicians a platform of sharing and updating their knowledge and research outputs as well as information within the sphere of Humanities, Philospohy and language. <strong>IJH</strong><strong>PL</strong> journal invites researchers, academicians, practitioners and students for the submission of articles either in English or Malay. The publication for this refereed journal are<strong> quarterly (March, June, September and December)</strong>. This journal uses <strong>double</strong>-<strong>blind review</strong>, which means that both the <strong>reviewer</strong> and <strong>author identities</strong> are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity.</p> Global Academic Excellence M Sdn Bhd en-US INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES, PHILOSOPHY AND LANGUAGES (IJHPL) 2600-8270 https://gaexcellence.com/ijhpl/article/view/6783 <p style="text-align: justify;">Adopting a person-centered latent profile analysis (LPA) approach, the study drew on the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) to explore the motivation profiles of senior high school 12th graders in an impoverished hinterland region and examined their associations with foreign language (FL) performance. A total of 153 students across three classes completed a paper-based questionnaire measuring their motivational constructs, and their achievement was assessed through the English grades they achieved in a unified regional exam issued by the prefecture-level city education bureaus. Latent profile analysis identified three groups, labeled the high, moderate, and low-motivation clusters, respectively. The three groups presented distinct motivation profiles and FL performance outcomes. The high-motivation group achieved the highest scores in the English exam, followed by the moderate and low-motivation groups. The results provide new insights for pedagogical practices in FL teaching in rural regions.</p> Zhou Xuan Patricia Nora Riget Ung T’chiang Chow Copyright (c) 2025 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES, PHILOSOPHY AND LANGUAGES (IJHPL) 2025-12-31 2025-12-31 8 32 01 14 10.35631/IJHPL.832001