Motivational currents in language learning : frameworks for focused interventions /

Building on Zoltán Dörnyei's authoritative work in the field of learner motivation, this book introduces a new conceptualization, directed motivational currents (DMCs), and sets out the defining aspects of what they are, what they are not and how they are related to language learning motivatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Dörnyei, Zoltán (Author), Henry, Alastair (Author), Muir, Christine (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, [2016]
Series:	ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
Subjects:	English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers. Second language acquisition. Motivation in education.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: three stories
2. DMCs versus long-term motivation
3. Vision: the 'directed' aspect 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.