Motivation is recognized as a vital component in successful second language learning, and
has been the subject of intensive research in recent decades. This review focuses on a …

This study reports on the second phase of a large‐scale stratified survey in China,
examining the role of vision and imagery in the learners' motivation to learn English as a …

Over the past decade, the focus of inquiry into the psychology of SLA has shifted from the
analysis of various characteristics within individuals towards a greater consideration of …

The study of L2 motivation has seen an unprecedented boom during the past decade, with
the number of published studies in the area far exceeding not only the amount of work done …

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 …

Recent theorizing on second language (L2) motivation has proposed viewing motivation as
a function of the language learners' vision of their desired future language selves. This …

By tradition, L2 motivation research has a monolingual bias–the motivational systems of a
learner's different languages conceptualized as separate entities rather than as cognitively …

This book is intended to give you a broad overview of Applied Linguistics. It will introduce
you to important areas in the field, and familiarize you with the key issues in each of those …

The study explored the role of Grit and future selves in motivational intensity and persistence
in second language (L2) learning. Questionnaire data were collected from 94 learners of …

This study attempts to synthesise the scholarship on second language (L2) motivation and
systematically examines the theoretical approaches, methods, research instruments, and …