Motivation and Second Language Acquisition - Gardner Robert C.
Motivation and Second Language Acquisition - Gardner Robert C. Offering a historical and empirical account, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-educational model of second…
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Motivation and Second Language Acquisition - Gardner Robert C.
Offering a historical and empirical account, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-educational model of second language acquisition. 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. 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.
The book provides graduate students and researchers with unique coverage of this research-oriented approach as