基本説明
Recent developments and the most important research directions in the field are explored, including a selection of date-based studies by some of the best-known motivation researchers.
Full Description
Motivation is one of the key learner characteristics that determine the rate and success of language learning. This volume addresses motivation in language learning - motives associated with certain features of the language, the language learner, and the learning situation.
Discusses and dissects the intriguingly complex characteristic of motivation in the process of language learning.
Explores recent developments and the most important research directions in the field, including a selection of data-based studies by some of the best-known motivation researchers.
Contents
Introduction 1-2
Zoltán Dörnyei
Attitudes, Orientations, and Motivations in Language Learning: Advances in Theory, Research, and Applications 3-32
Zoltán Dörnyei
Why Are You Learning a Second Language? Motivational Orientations and Self-Determination Theory 33-63
Kimberly A. Noels, Luc G. Pelletier, Richard Clément and Robert J. Vallerand
The Role of Gender and Immersion in Communication and Second Language Orientations 65-96
Susan C. Baker and Peter D. MacIntyre
Learning Spanish as a Second Language: Learners' Orientations and Perceptions of Their Teachers' Communication Style 97-136
Kimberly A. Noels
Sex and Age Effects on Willingness to Communicate, Anxiety, Perceived Competence, and L2 Motivation Among Junior High School French Immersion Students 137-165
Peter D. MacIntyre, Susan C. Baker, Richard Clément and Leslie A. Donovan
Attitudes, Motivation, and Second Language Learning: A Meta-Analysis of Studies Conducted by Gardner and Associates 167-210
Anne-Marie Masgoret and Robert C. Gardner
Index to Volume 53 211- 213
