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Motivational currents in language learning : frameworks for focused interventions / Zoltán Dörnyei, Alastair Henry, and Christine Muir

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Dörnyei, Zoltán
Published
New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
xv, 203 pages ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Henry, Alastair and Muir, Christine

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Contents
1. Introduction: three stories -- 2. DMCs versus long-term motivation -- 3. Vision: the 'directed' aspect of DMCs -- 4. The launch of a DMC: shifting into 'hyperdrive' -- 5. The unique structure of a DMC: utilizing 'renewable energy' -- 6. Positive emotional loading: eudaimonic well-being and authenticity -- 7. When the current begins to wane: the nature of effort and the longer-term sustainability of DMCs -- 8. Introducing 'group-DMCs' -- 9. Generating DMCs in the language classroom.
Summary
"Building on Zoltán Dörnyei's authoritative work in the field of learner motivation, this book introduces a new conceptualization - directed motivational currents (DMCs) - and sets out the defining aspects of what they are, what they are not, and how they are related to language learning motivation. Going beyond focused behavior in a single activity, DMCs concern intensive long-term motivation. The distinctive feature of the theory is that it views motivation not simply as a springboard for action but also as a uniquely self-renewing and sustainable process. It is this energizing capacity which distinguishes DMCs from almost every other motivational construct described in research literature."--Back cover.
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9781138777316 (hbk.)
1138777315 (hbk.)
9781138777323 (pbk.)
1138777323 (pbk.)
9781315772714
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the The Hastings Libraries Endowment; 2016
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The Hastings Libraries Endowment
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