Zoltán Dörnyei, Alastair Henry, Christine Muir

Motivational Currents in Language Learning

Frameworks for Focused Interventions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Building on Dörnyei's authoritative work in the field of learner motivation, this book introduces a new conceptualization of motivation-Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs)-and sets out the defining aspects of what they are, what they are not, how they are related to language learning motivation. The accessible style, along with plentiful illustrations and practical suggestions for promoting sustained learning, invite readers to think about motivation in a different way.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781138777316
• ISBN-10: 1138777315
• Artikelnr.: 42740001

Autorenporträt

Zoltán Dörnyei is Professor of Psycholinguistics at the School of English, University of Nottingham, UK. Alastair Henry is an Associate Professor in language education at University West, Sweden. Christine Muir is a Postgraduate Teaching Fellow at the School of English, University of Nottingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Three Stories. 2. DMCs Versus Long-Term Motivation:
Positioning DMCs Within L2 Motivation Theory. 3. Vistion: The 'Directed'
Aspects of DMCs. 4. The Launch of a DMC: Shifting into Hyperdrive. 5. The
Unique Structure of a DMC: Utilizing 'Renewable Energy'. 6. Positive
Emotional Loading: Eudaimonic Well-Being and Authenticity. 7. When the
Current Begins to Wane: The Nature of Effort and the Longer-term
Sustainability of DMCs. 8. Introducing 'Group-DMCs'. 9. Generating DMCs in
the Language Classroom.