Teaching and Researching: Motivation

ISBN-13: 9781408205020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 330 str.

Dornyei, Zoltan|||Ushioda, Ema (University of Warwick)

Opis

Success in learning a language largely depends on motivation. But what is motivation? How can it be increased? How can it be assessed? This text summarizes the various facets of motivation and examines how theory can help teachers in practice.

Spis treści

General Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the Second Edition
 
Section I: What is motivation?
 
1  Exploring motivation: Changing perspectives
1.1 The complexity of motivation
1.2 The challenge of reduction versus comprehensiveness
1.3 Moving beyond linear models of motivation
 
2  Theories of motivation in psychology
2.1 Key cognitive theories and constructs of motivation
2.2 Motivation and context
 
3  Motivation to learn a foreign/second language:  a historical overview
3.1 The social psychological period
3.2 The cognitive-situated period
3.3 The process-oriented period
3.4 From process-oriented to socio-dynamic perspectives
 
4  Motivation to learn another language: current socio-dynamic perspectives
4.1 A person-in-context relational view of motivation
4.2 The L2 Motivational Self System
4.3 Motivation from a complex dynamic systems perspective
 
Section II: Motivation and language teaching
 
5  Motivation in practice: strategies and approaches
5.1 From theory and research to classroom practice
5.2 A framework for motivational strategies
5.3 Generating and sustaining a vision for language learning
5.4 Developing a motivation-sensitive teaching approach
 
6  Motivation in context: demotivating influences
6.1 ‘Demotivation’ versus ‘motivation’
6.2 Research on demotivation in instructional communication studies
6.3 Findings in L2 motivation research
6.4 Critical factors in the broader sociocultural context
6.5 Concluding remarks on demotivation
 
7  Teacher motivation
7.1 Conceptualising the ‘motivation to teach’
7.2 The motivation of L2 teachers
7.3 The relationship between teacher motivation and student motivation
 
Section III: Researching motivation
 
8  Making motivation a researchable concept
8.1 Inherent problems in motivation research
8.2 Deciding on the particular aspect of motivation to focus on
8.3 Selecting the criterion/dependent variable
8.4 Selecting the method of inquiry
 
9  Main types and methods of motivation research
9.1 Focus on groups of learners: Quantitative studies
9.2 Focus on individual learners: Qualitative studies
9.3 Mixing methodologies
9.4 Adopting a complex dynamic systems approach
 
Section IV: Resources and further information
 
10 The locus of motivation research: Linkages to other topics and disciplines
 
10.1 Language-learning motivation and related disciplines in the social sciences
10.2 The place of motivation research in applied linguistics
 
11 Sources and resources
11.1 Relevant journals and magazines
11.2 Databases, citation indexes, Internet resources and discussion groups
11.3 Sample tests and measurement instruments
 
References
Author index
Subject index