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 …

Cultivating motivation is crucial to a language learner's success–and therefore crucial for the
language teacher and researcher to understand. The third edition of Teaching and …

Effective teaching practice requires that teachers know their students not as 'faceless
average learners', but as individuals. The most individual of learner characteristics is …

Researching motivation in language learning is complex and multi-faceted. Various models
of learner motivation have been proposed in the literature, but no one model supplies a …

Motivation is a key aspect of second language learning. There is no doubt that abstract
models are basic to gain theoretical insights into motivation; however, teachers and …

This concluding chapter examines the 'how'of language learning motivation research–that
is, the methodological approaches, research designs, and tools of inquiry used to …

Motivation is a concept that often turns up in everyday talk. However, the theorization of this
everyday concept is somewhat more complicated. It could be described as a driving force …

MOTIVATION IS ONE OF THE MAIN DETER-minants of second/foreign language (L2)
learning achievement and, accordingly, the last three decades have seen a considerable …

While consensus exists about the critical role of learners' motivation in second language
acquisition, controlled investigations of the effects of teachers' motivational strategies are …

The purpose of this paper is to explore the main body of literature on motivation in second
language learning. It aims to discuss the major theories of motivation on the influence of …