Researching Language Learning Motivation (eBook, PDF)

A Concise Guide
Redaktion: Al-Hoorie, Ali H.; Szabó, Fruzsina

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most active areas in the field of second language acquisition, language learning motivation is a burgeoning area of research. Yet the plethora of new ideas and research directions can be confusing for newcomers to the discipline to navigate. Offering concise, bite-size overviews of key contemporary research concepts and directions, this book provides an invaluable guide to the contemporary state of the field.

Making the discussion of key topics accessible to a wider audience, each chapter is written by a leading expert and reflects on cutting-edge research issues. From well-established concepts, such as engagement and learning goals, to emerging ideas, including contagion and plurilingualism, this book provides easy to understand overviews and analysis of key contemporary themes. Helping readers understand a field which can appear highly technical and overwhelming, Researching Language Learning Motivation provides valuable insights, perspectives and practical applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350166905
• Artikelnr.: 62934250

Autorenporträt

Ali H. Al-Hoorie teaches at the Jubail English Language and Preparatory Year Institute, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Fruzsina Szabó is Lecturer in the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Debrecen, Hungary.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Foreword
Rebecca Oxford (University of Maryland
USA) Introduction
Ali H. Al-Hoorie (Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
Saudi Arabia) and Fruzsina Szabó (University of Debrecen
Hungary) Part I: General Reflections 1. Motivating in the Language Classroom: A Discourse of 'Social Control'?
Ema Ushioda (University of Warwick
UK) 2. Motivation
Mediation
and the Individual: A Sociocultural Theory Perspective
Matthew E. Poehner (The Pennsylvania State University
USA) 3. Too Much Psychology?: The Role of the Social in Language Learning Motivation
Ofelia García (City University of New York
USA) Part II: Engagement and Self-Regulation 4. Engagement: The Active Ingredient in Language Learning
Sarah Mercer (University of Graz
Austria) 5. Engaging the Learner: Linking Motivational Practice to Learners' Development
Phil Hiver (Florida State University
USA) 6. Learning Goals
Self-regulation and L2 Motivation
Alastair Henry (University West
Sweden) 7. Self-Determination and Engagement in Language Learning: A Dialogic Process
W. L. Quint Oga-Baldwin and Emiko Hirosawa (Waseda University
Japan) Part III: Selves Approaches 8. Using the Self as a Basis for a Motivation System: Has It Been Worth the Trouble?
Peter D. MacIntyre (Cape Breton University
Canada) 9. The L2 Motivational Self System: Using the Selves in the Classroom
Mostafa Papi (Florida State University
USA) 10. Language Learning in Rural America: Creating an Ideal Self with Limited Resources
Amy S. Thompson (West Virginia University
USA) 11. Using Technology to Harness the Power of L2 Possible Selves
Flor-de-lis Gonzalez (University of Northampton
UK) Part IV: Emotions and Affect 12. Emotion in Second Language Acquisition: Reflections on Its Brith and Unexpected Growth
Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck
University of London
UK) 13. Enhancing Emotional Engagement in Speaking Tasks: A Cognitive-Behavioural Theory ApproachApproach
Kate Maher and Jim King (University of Leicester
UK) 14. Emotional Contagion: Optimizing Language Teacher-Learner Synergy
Tammy Gregersen (American University of Sharjah
UAE) and Ahmed Abdulteef Al Khateeb (King Faisal University
Saudi Arabia) 15. Group-DMCs and Group-Level Emotion in the L2 Classroom
Christine Muir (University of Nottingham
UK) Part V: Emerging Topics 16. Complexity Theory: From Metaphors to Methods
Ali H. Al-Hoorie (Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
Saudi Arabia) and Phil Hiver (Florida State University
USA) 17. "OH
HI. HELLO": Critical Discourse Analysis as a Means of Understanding Desire for English
Martin Lamb (University of Leeds
UK) 18. Migration
Plurilingualism and Motivation: Extending the Research Agenda
Vera Busse (Universitat Koblenz
Germany) 19. English as a Lingua Franca and Student Motivation
Zana Ibrahim (University of Kurdistan Hewler
Iraq) 20. Using NeuroELT Maxims to Raise Student Motivation
Robert S. Murphy (University of Kitakyushu
Japan) 21. How Good Class Group Dynamics Socializes Well-Being into Cultures
Biologies
and Brains
Yoshifumi Fukada (Meisei University
Japan) Tim Murphey (Kanda University
Japan)
Tetsuya Fukuda (International Christian University
Japan) and Joseph Falout (Nihon University
Japan) Afterword
Lourdes Ortega (Georgetown University
USA) References Index