Description
Product ID: | 9781783092550 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Second Language Acquisition |
Title: | Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning |
Authors: | Author: Alastair Henry, Zoltan Doernyei, Peter D. MacIntyre |
Page Count: | 456 |
Subjects: | Language acquisition, Language acquisition, Language learning: specific skills, Language learning: specific skills |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This collection of conceptual papers and data-based research studies investigate the dynamics of language learning motivation from a complex dynamic systems perspective. The chapters seek to answer the question of how we can understand motivation if we perceive it as a continuously changing and evolving entity rather than a fixed learner trait. This landmark volume offers a collection of conceptual papers and empirical research studies that investigate the dynamics of language learning motivation from a complex dynamic systems perspective. The contributors include some of the most well-established scholars from three continents, all addressing the question of how we can understand motivation if we perceive it as continuously changing and evolving rather than as a fixed learner trait. The data-based studies also provide useful research models and templates for graduate students and scholars in the fields of applied linguistics and SLA who are interested in engaging with the intriguing area of examining language learning in a dynamic vein. |
Imprint Name: | Multilingual Matters |
Publisher Name: | Channel View Publications Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-10-14 |