Author : Yoshiyuki Nakata
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 16,12 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783039105342
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Dublin, Trinity College.
Author : Carol Griffiths
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 32,60 MB
Release : 2008-04-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521718147
This book considers the strategies used by successful language learners, in the light of current thinking and research.
Author : Garold Murray
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,16 MB
Release : 2011-04-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847694985
In this volume researchers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America employ a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches in their exploration of the links between identity, motivation, and autonomy in language learning. On a conceptual level the authors explore issues related to agency, metacognition, imagination, beliefs, and self. The book also addresses practice in classroom, self-access, and distance education contexts, considering topics such as teachers’ views on motivation, plurilingual learning, sustaining motivation in distance education, pop culture and gaming, study abroad, and the role of agency and identity in the motivation of pre-service teachers. The book concludes with a discussion of how an approach which sees identity, motivation, and autonomy as interrelated constructs has the potential to inform theory, practice and future research directions in the field of language teaching and learning.
Author : Boris Shekhtman
Publisher : M S I Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,87 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780967990750
This book provides a unique set of tools designed to enhance an individual's success in communicati0n in a foreign language environment. The devices presented allow the speaker of a foreign language to demonstrate the level of his/her language more impressively. These techniques were developed and tested by the author with adult professionals in such varied fields as journalism, diplomacy, government, and international business.
Author : David Lasagabaster
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9027269750
Motivation is a key aspect of second language learning. There is no doubt that abstract models are basic to gain theoretical insights into motivation; however, teachers and researchers demand comprehensible explanations for motivation that can help them to improve their everyday teaching and research. The aim of this book is to provide both theoretical insights and practical suggestions to improve motivation in the classroom. With this in mind, the book is divided into two sections: the first part includes innovative ideas regarding language learning motivation, whereas the second is focused on the relationship between different approaches to foreign language learning – such as EFL (English as a foreign language), CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) or immersion – and motivation. Both sections have an emphasis on pedagogical implications that are rooted in both theoretical and empirical work.
Author : Kata Csizér
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 18,49 MB
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 3030644626
This book provides an overview of second language (L2) motivation research in a specific European context: Hungary, which has proved to offer an important laboratory for such research, as a number of major political changes over the past 30 years have created a changing background for L2 learning in an increasingly globalized world. The book provides an overview of theoretical research on L2 motivation, together with detailed information on large-scale L2 motivation studies in Hungary. Further, it presents a meta-analysis of the most important investigations, and qualitative data on teachers’ views regarding success in L2 learning. In turn, the interdisciplinary nature of L2 motivation is taken into account and relevant antecedent constructs to L2 motivation are investigated. Lastly, the book outlines possible future directions for L2 motivation research.
Author : Gary N. Chambers
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,53 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781853594489
This book is informed by pupils' perceptions of the foreign language learning experience: attitudes brought from primary school; from home; visits abroad; the classroom. What are the implications of these for teachers? The author provides practical strategies to enhance (a) the enjoyment of the in-class experience and (b) the status of modern languages on the curriculum.
Author : Zoltán Dörnyei
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 2001
Category : English language
ISBN : 0521790298
The book takes a pratical approach to teaching motivational strategies in the language classroom, and gives the teacher 35 motivational strategies that they can use with language learners.
Author : Matthew T. Apple
Publisher : Second Language Acquisition
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,53 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781783090495
This book synthesises current theory and research on L2 motivation in the EFL Japanese context covering topics such as the issues of cultural identity, demotivation, language communities, positive psychology, possible L2 selves and internationalisation within a key EFL context.
Author : David Michael Singleton
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853597572
The authors examine the evidence relative to the idea that there is an age factor in first & second language acquisition & goes on to explore the various explanations that have been advanced to account for such evidence. Finally, it looks at educational ramifications of the age question.
