Motivation and foreign language learning: from theory to practice
by Doiz, Aintzane Lasagabaster, David Sierra, Juan Manuel
The chapter approaches motivation from a practitioners' perspective and tries to illustrate how motivational theories can help language teachers working in higher education to gain deeper insights into students' learning behavior. Particular attention is paid to the importance of setting challenging short-term goals and providing ample opportunities for practice and feedback, in combination with nourishing long-term language goals in students' ideal self-beliefs. The chapter points towards the …
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- Full title :Motivation and foreign language learning : from theory to practice / edited by David Lasagabaster, Aintzane Doiz, Juan Manuel Sierra, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU.
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The chapter approaches motivation from a practitioners' perspective and tries to illustrate how motivational theories can help language teachers working in higher education to gain deeper insights into students' learning behavior. Particular attention is paid to the importance of setting challenging short-term goals and providing ample opportunities for practice and feedback, in combination with nourishing long-term language goals in students' ideal self-beliefs. The chapter points towards the potential of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in this respect, cautioning, however, th.
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- Publication Date:2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027269751, 9027269750, 1306977673, 9781306977678, 9789027213228, 9027213224
- oclc:ocn884548330
- LC Classification:P118.2
- Dewey Decimal:418.0071
Table of Contents
Motivation and Foreign Language Learning; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Table of contents; Contributors; Introduction; Acknowledgements; References; Part I. Theoretical and practical insights into motivation; 1. Directed Motivational Currents: Energising language learning by creating intense motivational pat; What is a Directed Motivational Current?; The main dimensions of DMCs; Motivation theories related to DMCs; Practical implications; Conclusion; References; 2. Motivation, autonomy and metacognition: Exploring their interactions; Introduction.
Motivation and L2 learning timelineLong-term goals, reasons, orientations, future self-representations; Interim short-term goals and targets: Towards metacognition; Experiential dimension of motivation: Responding to challenge; Motivation, autonomy and metacognition: Analysing the interface; Developing motivation and metacognitive know-how: The role of dialogue ; Conclusion and research agenda; References; 3. Motivating teachers and learners as researchers; Introduction; Motivation and achievement; 'Successful learning' ; Collaborative inquiry: Learners and teachers as researchers.
The LOCIT processConclusion; References; 4.…
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