Motivation and Second Language Acquisition - The Socio-Educational Model (Hardcover, New edition)

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. 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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Language as Social Action, 10
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Robert Gardner
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	246
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-0459-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching theory & methods Books > Social sciences > Education > Study & learning skills Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Lexicography Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General
LSN:	1-4331-0459-8
Barcode:	9781433104596

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