Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning

Edited by Zoltán Dörnyei, Dr. Peter D. MacIntyre, Alastair Henry

Publication date:

14 October 2014

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781783092567

This landmark volume offers a collection of conceptual papers and empirical research studies that investigate the dynamics of language learning motivation from a complex dynamic systems perspective. The contributors include some of the most well-established scholars from three continents, all addressing the question of how we can understand motivation if we perceive it as continuously changing and evolving rather than as a fixed learner trait. The data-based studies also provide useful research models and templates for graduate students and scholars in the fields of applied linguistics and SLA who are interested in engaging with the intriguing area of examining language learning in a dynamic vein.

John Schumann: Foreword
1. Zoltán Dörnyei, Peter D. MacIntyre and Alastair Henry: Introduction: Applying Complex Dynamic Systems Principles to Empirical Research on L2 Motivation
Part I: Conceptual Summaries
2. Diane Larsen-Freeman: Ten ‘Lessons’ from Complex Dynamic Systems Theory: What is on Offer
3. Phil Hiver: Attractor States
4. Kees de Bot: Rates of Change: Timescales in Second Language Development
5. Marjolijn Verspoor: Initial Conditions
6. Ema Ushioda: Context and Complex Dynamic Systems Theory
7. Ali Al-Hoorie: Human Agency: Does the Beach Ball Have Free Will?
8. Sarah Mercer: Social Network Analysis and Complex Dynamic Systems
9. Alastair Henry: The Dynamics of Possible Selves
10. Zoltán Dörnyei, Zana Ibrahim and Christine Muir: ‘Directed Motivational Currents’: Regulating Complex Dynamic Systems through Motivational Surges Part II: Empirical Studies
11. Peter D. MacIntyre and Alicia Serroul: Motivation on a Per-Second Timescale: Examining Approach-Avoidance Motivation During L2 Task Performance
12. Sarah Mercer: Dynamics of the Self: A Multilevel Nested Systems Approach
13. Katalin Piniel and Kata Csizér: Changes in Motivation, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy during the Course of an Academic Writing Seminar
14. Frea Waninge: Motivation, Emotion and Cognition: Attractor States in the Classroom
15. Phil Hiver: Once Burned, Twice Shy: The Dynamic Development of System Immunity in Teachers
16. Letty Chan, Zoltán Dörnyei and Alastair Henry: Learner Archetypes and Signature Dynamics in the Language Classroom: A Retrodictive Qualitative Modelling Approach to Studying L2 Motivation
17. Tammy Gregersen and Peter D. MacIntyre: “I Can See a Little Bit of You on Myself”: A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Inner Dialogue Between Teacher and Learner Selves
18. Tomoko Yashima and Kumiko Arano: Understanding EFL Learners’ Motivational Dynamics: A Three-Level Model from a Dynamic Systems and Sociocultural Perspective
19. Alastair Henry: The Dynamics of L3 Motivation: A Longitudinal Interview/Observation-Based Study
20. Kay Irie and Stephen Ryan: Study Abroad and the Dynamics of Change in Learner L2 Self-Concept
21. Ryo Nitta and Kyoko Baba: Self-Regulation in the Evolution of the Ideal L2 Self: A Complex Dynamic Systems Approach to the L2 Motivational Self System
22. Chenjing (Julia) You and Letty Chan: The Dynamics of L2 Imagery in Future Motivational Self-Guides
23. Peter D. MacIntyre, Zoltán Dörnyei and Alastair Henry: Conclusion: Hot Enough to be Cool: The Promise of Dynamic Systems Research

This anthology provides a much-needed bridge between conventional and dynamic approaches to L2 motivation research, and it is an important step toward a more complete understanding of the motivational ebbs and flows of language learning.