Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning

2011-04-14
Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning

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  • Author: Garold Murray
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847694985
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 277

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.

Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning

2011
Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning

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  • Author: Garold Murray
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847693725
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 277

"Through the use of qualitative research methods, the authors explore the complex, contingent and dynamic nature of motivation, identity and autonomy --- both for language learners and teachers --- in many different parts of the world. Importantly, they also look for relationships among the three constructs. This is precisely the integrative approach that should be encouraged as we seek to understand the lived experience of individuals."---Diane Larsen-Freeman, University of Michigan, USA --

Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self

2009-01-12
Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self

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  • Author: Zoltán Dörnyei
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847696759
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 377

Due to its theoretical and educational significance within the language learning process, the study of L2 motivation has been an important area of second language acquisition research for several decades. Over the last few years L2 motivation research has taken an exciting new turn by focusing increasingly on the language learner’s situated identity and various self-perceptions. As a result, the concept of L2 motivation is currently in the process of being radically reconceptualised and re-theorised in the context of contemporary notions of self and identity. With contributions by leading European, North American and Asian scholars, this volume brings together the first comprehensive anthology of key conceptual and empirical papers that mark this important paradigmatic shift.

Autonomy, Agency, and Identity in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language

2018-06-01
Autonomy, Agency, and Identity in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language

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  • Author: (Mark) Feng Teng
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 9811307288
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 138

This book discusses the importance of autonomy, agency, and identity in teaching and learning English as a foreign language, all of which are central themes in the educational domain. By linking theory with practice to appeal to researchers as well as classroom practitioners, it provides an overview of the theoretical constructs of autonomy, agency, and identity along with empirical studies that explore these constructs through life stories as told by English teachers and students. Key features include: • New ideas to inspire professionals involved in foreign language education. • Up-to-date information to showcase for English language educators how autonomy, agency, and identity can be conceptualized across various institutional, sociocultural, and political contexts.• A concise yet comprehensive review of the theoretical and practical issues characterizing English foreign language education today.

Second Language Learning Motivation in a European Context: The Case of Hungary

2021-01-04
Second Language Learning Motivation in a European Context: The Case of Hungary

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  • Author: Kata Csizér
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3030644626
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 163

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.

Language Learning Motivation in Japan

2013
Language Learning Motivation in Japan

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  • Author: Matthew T. Apple
  • Publisher: Second Language Acquisition
  • ISBN: 9781783090495
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

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.

The Handbook of Informal Language Learning

2020-02-03
The Handbook of Informal Language Learning

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  • Author: Mark Dressman
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 111947244X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 530

Provides a comprehensive and unique examination of global language learning outside of the formal school setting Authored by a prominent team of international experts in their respective fields, The Handbook of Informal Language Learning is a one-of-a-kind reference work and it is a timely and valuable resource for anyone looking to explore informal language learning outside of a formal education environment. It features a comprehensive collection of cutting edge research areas exploring the cultural and historical cases of informal language learning, along with the growing area of digital language learning, and the future of this relevant field in national development and language education. The Handbook of Informal Language Learning examines informal language learning from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Structured across six sections, chapters cover areas of motivation, linguistics, cognition, and multimodality; digital learning, including virtual contexts, gaming, fanfiction, vlogging, mobile devices, and nonformal programs; and media and live contact, including learning through environmental print, tourism/study abroad. The book also provides studies of informal learning in four national contexts, examines the integration of informal and formal classroom learning, and discusses the future of language learning from different perspectives. Edited by respected researchers of computer-mediated communication and second language learning and teacher education Features contributions by leading international scholars reaching out to a global audience Presents an exciting and progressive selection of chapters in a rapidly expanding field of research and teaching Provides a state-of-the-art collection of the theories, as well as the historical, cultural and international cases relating to informal language learning and its future in a digital age Covers 30 key topics that represent pioneering findings and new research The Handbook of Informal Language Learning is an essential resource for researchers, students, and professionals in the fields of language acquisition, English as a second language, and foreign language education.

Self and Identity in Adolescent Foreign Language Learning

2013-07-04
Self and Identity in Adolescent Foreign Language Learning

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  • Author: Florentina Taylor
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1783090014
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 288

This book explores the role of identity in adolescent foreign language learning to provide evidence that an identity-focused approach can make a difference to achievement in education. It uses both in-depth exploratory interviews with language learners and a cross-sectional survey to provide a unique glimpse into the identity dynamics that learners need to manage in their interaction with contradictory relational contexts (e.g. teacher vs. classmates; parents vs. friends), and that appear to impair their perceived competence and declared achievement in language learning. Furthermore, this work presents a new model of identity which incorporates several educational psychology theories (e.g. self-discrepancy, self-presentation, impression management), developmental theories of adolescence and principles of foreign language teaching and learning. This book gives rise to potentially policy-changing insights and will be of importance to those interested in the relationship between self, identity and language teaching and learning.

Autonomy Support Beyond the Language Learning Classroom

2022-02-28
Autonomy Support Beyond the Language Learning Classroom

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  • Author: Jo Mynard
  • Publisher: Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
  • ISBN: 9781788929035
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 240

Through the application of self-determination theory (SDT) to research and practice, this book deepens our understanding of how autonomous language learning can be supported, developed and understood within environments outside of the classroom. Theoretical, empirical and practice-focused chapters examine autonomy support in a range of contexts and settings, dealing with learning environments and open spaces, communities and relationships, and advising and self-access language learning. They reveal what occurs beyond the classroom, how socializing agents support autonomous motivation and wellness, and how SDT can enhance our understanding of supporting language learner autonomy. It will be of interest to language teachers, university lecturers and learning advisors who are providing support outside the classroom, as well as to graduate students and researchers who are working in the fields of applied linguistics and TESOL.

Independent Language Learning

2011-10-01
Independent Language Learning

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  • Author: Bruce Morrison
  • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
  • ISBN: 9888083643
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 199

Louise Ho is a Chinese poet from Hong Kong who finds her feet in English. Since her first publications more than thirty years ago, her poetry collected here has been a reflection of the fortunes of the city and its people, their hopes and anxieties, their achievements, crises, dispersals and renewals.