Researching Language Learning Motivation: A Concise Guide [Paperback]

One of the most active areas in the field of second language acquisition, language learning motivation is a burgeoning area of research. Yet the plethora of new ideas and research directions can be confusing for newcomers to the discipline to navigate. Offering concise, bite-size overviews of key contemporary research concepts and directions, this book provides an invaluable guide to the contemporary state of the field.

Making the discussion of key topics accessible to a wider audience, each chapter is written by a leading expert and reflects on cutting-edge research issues. From well-established concepts, such as engagement and learning goals, to emerging ideas, including contagion and plurilingualism, this book provides easy to understand overviews and analysis of key contemporary themes. Helping readers understand a field which can appear highly technical and overwhelming,Researching Language Learning Motivationprovides valuable insights, perspectives and practical applications.

Ali H. Al-Hoorieteaches at the Jubail English Language and Preparatory Year Institute, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Fruzsina Szab?is Lecturer in the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Debrecen, Hungary.

 This book is informative and a delight to read. It has a wonderful tribute to Zolt?n D?rnyei at the beginning that is full of warmth and respect. Al-Hoorie and Szab? have assembled a modern-day dream-team of researchers on language learning motivation from around the world. The topics discussed in the edited volume are cutting-edge yet presented in an accessible way. This will help graduate students and novice researchers in locking on to the current themes and research areas in foreign and second language learning motivation that need continued or more in-depth research. In this way, the book will capture the hearts and minds of young scholars, and will influence them in conducting roblCd