Author: Zoltan Dornyei
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: linguistics, applied, oxford, methods, research
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-12-29
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 0194422585
ISBN-13: 9780194422581

This is a very practical and accessible book that offers a comprehensive overview of research methodology in applied linguistics by describing the various stages of qualitative and quantitative investigations, from collecting the data to reporting the results. It also discusses ’mixed methods research’, that is, the various combinations of qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Author: Zoltan Dornyei
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate
Keywords: language, second, acquisition, series, research, differeces, learner, individual, psychology
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2005-11-30
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0805860185
ISBN-13: 9780805860184

Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better with less effort--lies in various learner attributes such as personality traits, motivation, or language aptitude. In psychology, these attributes have traditionally been called "individual differences." The scope of individual learner differences is broad--ranging from creativity to learner styles and anxiety--yet there is no current, comprehensive, and unified volume that provides an overview of the considerable amount of research condu

Author: Zoltan Dornyei
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: language, learning, research, applications, series, theory, advances, orientations, attitudes, motivations
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-04-18
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 140511116X
ISBN-13: 9781405111164

Motivation is one of the key learner characteristics that determine the rate and success of language learning. This volume addresses motivation in language learning - motives associated with certain features of the language, the language learner, and the learning situation. Discusses and dissects the intriguingly complex characteristic of motivation in the process of language learning. Explores recent developments and the most important research directions in the field, including a selection of data-based studies by some of the best-known motivation researchers.

Author: Zoltan Dornyei
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Keywords: language, second, acquisition, research, individual, learner, psychology, differences
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-07
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0805847294
ISBN-13: 9780805847291

Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better with less effort--lies in various learner attributes such as personality traits, motivation, or language aptitude. In psychology, these attributes have traditionally been called "individual differences." The scope of individual learner differences is broad--ranging from creativity to learner styles and anxiety--yet there is no current, comprehensive, and unified volume that provides an overview of the considerable amount of research condu

Author: Zoltan Dörnyei
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: language, teaching, library, cambridge, classroom, strategies, motivational
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2001-10-22
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0521793777
ISBN-13: 9780521793773

This volume gives an overview of the theory of motivation and applies it to practical skills and strategies, providing new insights into the field of motivational studies and its implications for second-language pedagogy.

Authors:Zoltan Dörnyei, Ema Ushioda,
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Keywords: language, acquisition, second, identity, motivation
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-01-15
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1847691277
ISBN-13: 9781847691279

With contributions by leading European, North American and Asian scholars, this volume offers a comprehensive anthology of conceptual and empirical papers describing the latest developments in L2 motivation research that involves the reframing of motivation in the context of contemporary notions of self and identity.

Authors:Zoltán Dörnyei, Richard Schmidt,
Publisher: National Foreign Language Resource Center
Keywords: technical, report, acquisition, language, second, motivation
Number of Pages: 524
Published: 2001-06-06
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 082482458X
ISBN-13: 9780824824587

This volume includes papers presented at a colloquium on second language motivation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics.