Attitudes, orientations, and motivations in language learning : advances in theory, research, and applications
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Attitudes, orientations, and motivations in language learning : advances in theory, research, and applications
（The best of Language learning series / series editor, Alister H. Cumming）
Blackwell Publishing, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Motivation is one of the key learner characteristics that determine the rate and success of language learning. This volume addresses motivation in language learning - motives associated with certain features of the language, the language learner, and the learning situation.
Discusses and dissects the intriguingly complex characteristic of motivation in the process of language learning.
Explores recent developments and the most important research directions in the field, including a selection of data-based studies by some of the best-known motivation researchers.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1-2
Zoltan Doernyei
2. Attitudes, Orientations, and Motivations in Language Learning: Advances in Theory, Research, and Applications 3-32
Zoltan Doernyei
3. Why Are You Learning a Second Language? Motivational Orientations and Self-Determination Theory (Language Learning, 2000, 50/1, 57-85) 33-63
Kimberly A. Noels, Luc G. Pelletier, Richard Clement and Robert J. Vallerand
4. The Role of Gender and Immersion in Communication and Second Language Orientations (Language Learning, 2000, 50/2, 311-341) 65-96
Susan C. Baker and Peter D. MacIntyre
5. Learning Spanish as a Second Language: Learners' Orientations and Perceptions of Their Teachers' Communication Style (Language Learning, 2001, 51/1, 107-144) 97-136
Kimberly A. Noels
6. Sex and Age Effects on Willingness to Communicate, Anxiety, Perceived Competence, and L2 Motivation Among Junior High School French Immersion Students (Language Learning, 2002, 52/3, 537-564) 137-165
Peter D. MacIntyre, Susan C. Baker, Richard Clement and Leslie A. Donovan
7. Attitudes, Motivation, and Second Language Learning: A Meta-Analysis of Studies Conducted by Gardner and Associates (Language Learning, 2003, 53/1) 167-210
Anne-Marie Masgoret and Robert C. Gardner
Index to Volume 53 211- 213
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