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Motivation and Second Language Acquisition : the Socio-Educational Model / Robert C. Gardner.

By: Gardner, Robert C.
Series: Language as Social Action. Publisher: New York. NY : Peter Lang, 2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiv, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781433104596 (hcr).Subject(s): Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects | Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects | Second language acquisitionOnline resources: Publisher's Website. | Check the UO Library catalog.
Contents:
Preface
1. On the Definition of Motivation and its Investigation
2. On the History of the Socio-Educational Model
3. The Modern Age
4. The Socio-Educational Model: Structure and Hypotheses
5. The Attitude Motivation Test Battery
6. Attitudes, Motivation, and Language Anxiety in an EFL European Context
7. Learning English as a Foreign Language Around the World
8. Language Classroom Motivation
9. Epilogue
References
Index
Summary: "Offering a historical and empirical account, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-educational model of second language acquisition. This approach to understanding motivational variables that promote success in the learning of a second or foreign language – distinguishing between language classroom motivation and language learning motivation – is a major one in the history of this field of research. Chapters include a discussion of the definition and measurement of motivation; historical foundations of the model; recent studies with the International Attitude Motivation Test Battery for English as a foreign language in different countries; the implications of the model to the classroom context; and a discussion of criticisms and misconceptions of the model." (Book Cover)
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Vol. 10 in the Language as Social Action series.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface

1. On the Definition of Motivation and its Investigation

2. On the History of the Socio-Educational Model

3. The Modern Age

4. The Socio-Educational Model: Structure and Hypotheses

5. The Attitude Motivation Test Battery

6. Attitudes, Motivation, and Language Anxiety in an EFL European Context

7. Learning English as a Foreign Language Around the World

8. Language Classroom Motivation

9. Epilogue

References

Index

"Offering a historical and empirical account, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-educational model of second language acquisition. This approach to understanding motivational variables that promote success in the learning of a second or foreign language – distinguishing between language classroom motivation and language learning motivation – is a major one in the history of this field of research. Chapters include a discussion of the definition and measurement of motivation; historical foundations of the model; recent studies with the International Attitude Motivation Test Battery for English as a foreign language in different countries; the implications of the model to the classroom context; and a discussion of criticisms and misconceptions of the model." (Book Cover)

"The book provides graduate students and researchers with unique coverage of this research-oriented approach as well as serving as a source book for the area. It is ideal for courses on motivation in second language learning, or as a supplemental text for research-oriented courses in applied linguistics, educational psychology, or language research in general." (Book cover)

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