International Perspectives on Motivation: Language Learning and Professional Challenges

by E. Ushioda (Editor)

Overview

Bringing together motivation-related practical concerns and debates from diverse international contexts and educational settings where English is learned, this book shows how locally produced insights and issues can have wider global significance, resonating with the experiences and concerns of English teachers and learners across the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137000873
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	04/23/2013
Series:	International Perspectives on English Language Teaching
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	244
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Pamela Aboshiha, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Darío Luis Banegas, Ministerio de Educación del Chubut, Argentina Budiyanto, Principal of Junior High School 7, Jambi, Indonesia Xuesong (Andy) Gao, University of Hong Kong Alastair Henry, University West, Sweden Lane Igoudin, Los Angeles City College, USA Kuchah Kuchah, University of Sheffield, UK Martin Lamb, University of Leeds, UK Diane Malcolm, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain Glenn Stockwell, Waseda University, Japan Florentina Taylor, University of York, UK Ema Ushioda, University of Warwick, UK Lindy Woodrow, University of Sydney, Australia

Table of Contents

1. Motivation and ELT: Global Issues and Local Concerns; Ema Ushioda 2. Cultural Challenges, Identity and Motivation in State School EFL; Martin Lamb&Budiyanto 3. Listening to Romanian Teenagers: Lessons in Motivation and ELT Methodology; Florentina Taylor 4. From Bilingual Francophones to Bilingual Anglophones: The Role of Teachers in the Rising 'Equities' of English Medium Education in Cameroon; Kuchah Kuchah 5. The Integration of Content and Language as a Driving Force in the EFL Lesson; Darío Banegas 6. Motivational Challenges for Gulf Arab Students Studying Medicine in English; Diane Malcolm 7. Motivation and the Transition to University; Lindy Woodrow 8. Digital Games and ELT: Bridging the Authenticity Gap; Alastair Henry 9. Technology and Motivation in English Language Teaching and Learning; Glenn Stockwell 10. Motivated by Visions: Stories from Chinese Contexts; Xuesong Gao 11. Social Identity and Language Learning Motivation: Exploring the Connection and Activating Learning; Lane Igoudin 12. 'Native speaker' English Language Teachers: Disengaged from the Changing International Landscape of Their Profession; Pamela Aboshiha 13. Motivation and ELT: Looking Ahead to the Future; Ema Ushioda

Editorial Reviews

'This volume is unique in that it is a collection of multicultural, interdisciplinary studies using qualitative (Malcolm, Aboshiba) and mixed methods (Woodrow, Taylor, Gao). The mixed methods approach and the longitudinal research design applied in some of these studies offer a deeper examination and understanding of L2 motivation changes as related to English language learning worldwide, as studies on motivation and language acquisition are predominantly survey based.' - LINGUIST

'A welcome aspect of this book is its focus on the local context of language learning and how this interacts with both the learner's concept of self and the motivation to pursue his or her language studies.' - English Today

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