Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning /

Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning / / ed. by Garold Murray, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Terry Lamb.

In this volume researchers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America employ a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches in their exploration of the links between identity, motivation, and autonomy in language learning. On a conceptual level the authors ex...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Breidbach, Stephan,
Chik, Alice,
Cowie, Neil,
Gao, Xuesong,
Huang, Jing,
Lamb, Martin,
Lamb, Terry,
Lázaro, Noemí,
Malcolm, Diane,
Mercer, Sarah,
Murphy, Linda,
Murray, Garold,
Paiva, Vera Lúcia Menezes De Oliveira E,
Reinders, Hayo,
Ryan, Stephen,
Sade, Liliane Assis,
Sakui, Keiko,
Ushioda, Ema,
Zaragoza, E. Desirée Castillo,
Zhang, Lawrence Jun,
HerausgeberIn:
Gao, Xuesong (Andy),
Lamb, Terry,
Murray, Garold,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1. Exploring Links between Identity, Motivation and Autonomy
  • Part 1: Emerging Theoretical Perspectives
  • 2. Motivating Learners to Speak as Themselves
  • 3. Joining Forces for Synergy: Agency and Metacognition as Interrelated Theoretical Perspectives on Learner Autonomy
  • 4. Emerging Selves, Language Learning and Motivation through the Lens of Chaos
  • 5. Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Second Language Acquisition from the Perspective of Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Part 2: Independent Learning Settings
  • 6. Imagination, Metacognition and the L2 Self in a Self-Access Learning Environment
  • 7. Identity, Motivation and Plurilingualism in Self-Access Centers
  • 8. ‘Why am I Doing This?’ Maintaining Motivation 8 ‘Why am I Doing This?’ Maintaining Motivation in Distance Language Learning
  • 9. Beliefs, Identity and Motivation in Implementing Autonomy: The Teacher’s Perspective
  • Part 3: Cultures and Contexts
  • 10. Identity, Motivation and Autonomy: A Tale of Two Cities
  • 11. Natural Talent, Natural Acquisition and Abroad: Learner Attributions of Agency in Language Learning
  • 12. Future Selves, Motivation and Autonomy in Long-Term EFL Learning Trajectories
  • 13. ‘Failing’ to Achieve Autonomy in English for Medical Purposes
  • 14. Crucial but Neglected: English as a Foreign Language Teachers’ Perspectives on Learner Motivation
  • 15. A Dynamic Account of Autonomy, Agency and Identity in (T)EFL Learning
  • 16. Identity, Motivation and Autonomy: Stretching our Boundaries
  • Index

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