Researching Language Learning Motivation: A Concise Guide

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One of the most active areas in the field of second language acquisition, language learning motivation is a burgeoning area of research. Yet the plethora of new ideas and research directions can be confusing for newcomers to the discipline to navigate. Offering concise, bite-size overviews of key contemporary research concepts and directions, this book provides an invaluable guide to the contemporary state of the field. Making the discussion of key topics accessible to a wider audience, each chapter is written by a leading expert and reflects on cutting-edge research issues. From well-established concepts, such as engagement and learning goals, to emerging ideas, including contagion and plurilingualism, this book provides easy to understand overviews and analysis of key contemporary themes. Helping readers understand a field which can appear highly technical and overwhelming, Researching Language Learning Motivation provides valuable insights, perspectives and practical applications. Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables The Editors Contributors Foreword by Rebecca Oxford Introduction Ali H. Al-Hoorie and Fruzsina Szabó PART ONE General Reflections 1 Motivating in the Language Classroom: A Discourse of “Social Control”? Ema Ushioda 2 Motivation, Mediation, and the Individual: A Sociocultural Theory Perspective Matthew E. Poehner 3 Too Much Psychology? The Role of the Social in Language Learning Motivation Ofelia García PART TWO Language Engagement 4 Engagement: The Active Ingredient in Language Learning Sarah Mercer 5 Engaging the Learner: Linking Teaching Practice to Learners’ Engagement and Development Phil Hiver 6 Goal Self-Concordance and Motivational Sustainability Alastair Henry 7 Self-Determined Motivation and Engagement in Language: A Dialogic Process W. L. Quint Oga-Baldwin and Emiko Hirosawa PART THREE Selves Approaches 8 Using the Self as a Basis for a Motivation System: Is It Worth the Trouble? Peter D. MacIntyre 9 The L2 Motivational Self System: Using the Selves in the Classroom Mostafa Papi 10 Language Learning in Rural America: Creating an Ideal Self with Limited Resources Amy S. Thompson 11 Using Technology to Harness the Power of L2 Selves Flordelis González-Mujico PART FOUR Emotions and Affect 12 Research on Emotions in Second Language Acquisition: Reflections on Its Birth and Unexpected Growth Jean-Marc Dewaele 13 Enhancing Emotional Engagement in Speaking Tasks: A Cognitive-Behavioral Theory Approach Kate Maher and Jim King 14 Motivation Contagion: The Reciprocal Influence of Language Teachers and Learners Tammy Gregersen and Ahmed Al Khateeb 15 Group DMCs and Group Emotion in the L2 Classroom Christine Muir PART FIVE Emerging Topics 16 Complexity Theory: From Metaphors to Methodological Advances Ali H. Al-Hoorie and Phil Hiver 17 “OH, HI. HELLO”: Desire for English in the Semiotics of an Indonesian Product Leaflet Martin Lamb 18 Migration, Plurilingualism, and Motivation: Extending the Research Agenda Vera Busse 19 English as a Lingua Franca and Second Language Motivation Zana Ibrahim 20 Using neuroELT Maxims to Raise Student Motivation in the EFL Classroom Robert S. Murphy 21 How Good Class Group Dynamics Socialize Well-Being into Cultures, Biologies, and Brains Yoshifumi Fukada, Tim Murphey, Tetsuya Fukuda, and Joseph Falout Afterword by Lourdes Ortega Notes References Index