Motivation, Language Attitudes and Globalisation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Motivation, Language Attitudes and Globalisation write by Zoltán Dörnyei. This book was released on 2006-04-12. Motivation, Language Attitudes and Globalisation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume presents the results of the largest ever language attitude/motivation survey in second language studies. The research team gathered data from over 13,000 Hungarian language learners on three successive occasions: in 1993, 1999 and 2004. The examined period covers a particularly prominent time in Hungary’s history, the transition from a closed, Communist society to a western-style democracy that became a member of the European Union in 2004. Thus, the book provides an ‘attitudinal/motivational flow-chart’ describing how significant sociopolitical changes affect the language disposition of a nation. The investigation focused on the appraisal of five target languages – English, German, French, Italian and Russian – and this multi-language design made it also possible to observe the changing status of the different languages in relation to each other over the examined 12-year period. Thus, the authors were in an ideal position to investigate the ongoing impact of language globalisation in a context where for various political/historical reasons certain transformation processes took place with unusual intensity and speed. The result is a unique blueprint of how and why language globalisation takes place in an actual language learning environment.
Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self
Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self write by Zoltán Dörnyei. This book was released on 2009-01-12. Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Due to its theoretical and educational significance within the language learning process, the study of L2 motivation has been an important area of second language acquisition research for several decades. Over the last few years L2 motivation research has taken an exciting new turn by focusing increasingly on the language learner’s situated identity and various self-perceptions. As a result, the concept of L2 motivation is currently in the process of being radically reconceptualised and re-theorised in the context of contemporary notions of self and identity. With contributions by leading European, North American and Asian scholars, this volume brings together the first comprehensive anthology of key conceptual and empirical papers that mark this important paradigmatic shift.
Young Language Learners' Motivation and Attitudes
Young Language Learners' Motivation and Attitudes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Young Language Learners' Motivation and Attitudes write by Sybille Heinzmann. This book was released on 2013-06-20. Young Language Learners' Motivation and Attitudes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Taking three different perspectives, this book looks at primary school children's language learning motivation and language attitudes. In adopting a longitudinal perspective, the book fills a research gap and provides a macro-level analysis of motivational development over time. It reveals a surprising amount of stability in primary school children's motivational and attitudinal development. The comparative perspective looks at the learners' affective dispositions with regard to English (theorized as a 'global language') and French (theorized as a 'national language'). The comparisons between global language and national language are relevant across the world, especially in situations where instruction in languages other than English struggles to get attention. The results reveal sizeable differences between the two languages, with children being substantially more motivated to learn English than to learn French. Finally, the explanatory section identifies key antecedents of the learners' motivational and attitudinal dispositions - and thereby opens up paths for intervention relevant for those working in the field of language instruction.
International Perspectives on Motivation
International Perspectives on Motivation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Perspectives on Motivation write by E. Ushioda. This book was released on 2013-04-23. International Perspectives on Motivation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bringing together motivation-related practical concerns and debates from diverse international contexts and educational settings where English is learned, this book shows how locally produced insights and issues can have wider global significance, resonating with the experiences and concerns of English teachers and learners across the world.
Re-positioning Accent Attitude in the Global Englishes Paradigm
Re-positioning Accent Attitude in the Global Englishes Paradigm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Re-positioning Accent Attitude in the Global Englishes Paradigm write by Fan (Gabriel) Fang. This book was released on 2019-11-26. Re-positioning Accent Attitude in the Global Englishes Paradigm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book revisits the issue of China English as a developing variety of English and scrutinises students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards their own and other English accents from the critical phenomenological perspective of Global Englishes (GE) in the Chinese context. The research contributes to the field of GE by proposing a model of pronunciation teaching called ToPIC (Teaching of Pronunciation for Intercultural Communication) informed by interculturally responsive language pedagogy. Combining theory and empirical data, the book presents ground-breaking research on accent attitudes in the Chinese context within the GE paradigm and raises issues and concerns regarding teaching English, particularly speaking and pronunciation, from the GE perspective. Unpacking attitudes towards English accents from a critical perspective, this book will both show policy makers the need to consider the impacts of GE and help practitioners and language learners re-evaluate the goals and needs of English learning. The ToPIC approach also has significance for curriculum reform as it readdresses various issues in language policy and practice. The ToPIC approach is recommended for those interested in teaching and learning English in the expanding circle context and those seeking to learn more about learning and using English across the world.
