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Ushioda, Ema (2016) Language learning motivation through a small lens : a research agenda. Language Teaching, 49 (4). pp. 564-577. doi:10.1017/S0261444816000173
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444816000173
Abstract
In this paper I propose an agenda for researching language learning motivation ‘through a small lens’, to counteract our tendency in the L2 motivation field to engage with language learning and teaching processes at a rather general level. I argue that by adopting a more sharply focused or contextualized angle of inquiry, we may be able to understand better how motivation connects with specific aspects of SLA or particular features of linguistic development. Keeping the empirical focus narrow may also lead to interesting and illuminating analyses of motivation in relation to particular classroom events or to evolving situated interactions among teachers and learners. I propose a number of possible research tasks that might be undertaken by experienced researchers, teacher-researchers or student-researchers wishing to investigate language learning motivation ‘through a small lens’.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching , Students -- Language , Motivation in education | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Language Teaching | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0261-4448 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | October 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 49 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 564-577 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0261444816000173 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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