The origins of this study can be traced back to my earliest experiences as a relatively young
language teacher first arriving in Japan. Although I had experience of language teaching in …

Since the 1990s, L2 motivation researchers have been struggling to find a new professional
identity that goes beyond the classic traditions set by Canadian social psychologist Robert …

This thesis attempts to reinterpret language learning motivation through a consideration of
the possibilities of applying theories of the self to L2 motivation theory. There were two …

This paper is about four Japanese university students majoring in international studies, who
participated in a two-year study examining changes in their motivation. Using monthly …

Research on the L2 Motivational Self System has drawn considerable attention in Second
Language Acquisition. Previous studies have discussed the system itself, its basic concepts …

The purposeof this study isto validate, in a JapaneseEFL context, the L2 motivational
selfsystem(DOrnyei, 2005) with some hypothesizedrelationships among (1) itsunderlying …

The two editors of this volume have known and respected each other for many years, yet this
anthology constitutes our very first direct cooperation. This is no accident: although we have …

This paper links Vygotskian sociocultural theory (SCT) and activity theory (Tae-Young Kim,
2007, 2009; Vygotsky, 1978, 1987) to Dörnyei's (2005, 2009) second language (L2) …

Motivation has been a central concept in SLA since the seminal work of Gardner and
Lambert (1959) developed into the socio-educational model, with integrative motivation as …

This book synthesises current theory and research on L2 motivation in the EFL Japanese
context carried out by internationally recognized researchers and upcoming researcher …