Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning / / ed. by Zoltán Dörnyei, Peter D. MacIntyre, Alastair Henry.

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• MitwirkendeR: Al-Hoorie, Ali H.,; Arano, Kumiko,; Baba, Kyoko,; Bot, Kees de,; Chan, Letty,; Csizér, Kata,; Dörnyei, Zoltán,; Gregersen, Tammy,; Henry, Alastair,; Hiver, Phil,; Ibrahim, Zana,; Irie, Kay,; Larsen-Freeman, Diane,; MacIntyre, Peter D.,; Mercer, Sarah,; Muir, Christine,; Nitta, Ryo,; Piniel, Katalin,; Ryan, Stephen,; Schumann, John H.,; Serroul, Alicia,; Ushioda, Ema,; Verspoor, Marjolijn,; Waninge, Frea,; Yashima, Tomoko,; You, Chenjing,
• HerausgeberIn: Dörnyei, Zoltán,; Henry, Alastair,; MacIntyre, Peter D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)

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 addres...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Foreword
• 1. Introduction: Applying Complex Dynamic Systems Principles to Empirical Research on L2 Motivation
• Part 1: Conceptual Summaries
• 2. Ten 'Lessons' from Complex Dynamic Systems Theory: What is on Offer
• 3. Attractor States
• 4. Rates of Change: Timescales in Second Language Development
• 5. Initial Conditions
• 6. Context and Complex Dynamic Systems Theory
• 7. Human Agency: Does the Beach Ball Have Free Will?
• 8. Social Network Analysis and Complex Dynamic Systems
• 9. The Dynamics of Possible Selves
• 10. 'Directed Motivational Currents': Regulating Complex Dynamic Systems through Motivational Surges
• Part 2: Empirical Studies
• 11. Motivation on a Per-Second Timescale: Examining Approach- Avoidance Motivation During L2 Task Performance
• 12. Dynamics of the Self: A Multilevel Nested Systems Approach
• 13. Changes in Motivation, Anxiety and Self-efficacy During the Course of an Academic Writing Seminar
• 14. Motivation, Emotion and Cognition: Attractor States in the Classroom
• 15. Once Burned, Twice Shy: The Dynamic Development of System Immunity in Teachers
• 16. Learner Archetypes and Signature Dynamics in the Language Classroom: A Retrodictive Qualitative Modelling Approach to Studying L2 Motivation
• 17. 'I Can See a Little Bit of You on Myself': A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Inner Dialogue between Teacher and Learner Selves
• 18. Understanding EFL Learners' Motivational Dynamics: A Three-Level Model from a Dynamic Systems and
• 19. The Dynamics of L3 Motivation: A Longitudinal Interview/ Observation-Based Study
• 20. Study Abroad and the Dynamics of Change in Learner L2 Self-Concept
• 21. Self-Regulation in the Evolution of the Ideal L2 Self: A Complex Dynamic Systems Approach to the L2 Motivational Self System
• 22. The Dynamics of L2 Imagery in Future Motivational Self-Guides
• 23. Conclusion: Hot Enough to be Cool: The Promise of Dynamic Systems Research