Motivational Currents in Language Learning: Frameworks for Focused Interventions
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: 1. Introduction: Three Stories. 2. DMCs Versus Long-Term Motivation: Positioning DMCs Within L2 Motivation Theory. 3. Vistion: The 'Directed' Aspects of DMCs. 4. The Launch of a DMC: Shifting into Hyperdrive. 5. The Unique Structure of a DMC: Utilizing 'Renewable Energy'. 6. Positive Emotional Loading: Eudaimonic Well-Being and Authenticity. 7. When the Current Begins to Wane: The Nature of Effort and the Longer-term Sustainability of DMCs. 8. Introducing 'Group-DMCs'. 9. Generating DMCs in the Language Classroom.
Authors: Zoltán Dörnyei, Alastair Henry, Christine Muir
Institution: University of Nottingham
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2176713779