Young Language Learners' Motivation and Attitudes
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Young Language Learners' Motivation and Attitudes

Longitudinal, comparative and explanatory perspectives

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Young Language Learners' Motivation and Attitudes

Longitudinal, comparative and explanatory perspectives

About this book

Taking three different perspectives, this book looks at primary school children's language learning motivation and language attitudes. In adopting a longitudinal perspective, the book fills a research gap and provides a macro-level analysis of motivational development over time. It reveals a surprising amount of stability in primary school children's motivational and attitudinal development. The comparative perspective looks at the learners' affective dispositions with regard to English (theorized as a 'global language') and French (theorized as a 'national language'). The comparisons between global language and national language are relevant across the world, especially in situations where instruction in languages other than English struggles to get attention. The results reveal sizeable differences between the two languages, with children being substantially more motivated to learn English than to learn French. Finally, the explanatory section identifies key antecedents of the learners' motivational and attitudinal dispositions - and thereby opens up paths for intervention relevant for those working in the field of language instruction.

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Table of contents

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  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Figures
  9. Tables
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Abbreviations
  12. 1 Aims and Scope of the Book
  13. 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Motivation
  14. 3 Language Attitudes and Stereotypes
  15. 4 Research Sites, Research Questions and Methodology
  16. 5 The (In)stability of Primary School Childrenā€™s Motivational Dispositions
  17. 6 The (In)stability of Primary School Childrenā€™s Attitudinal Dispositions
  18. 7 Learnersā€™ Evaluation of English and French in Comparison
  19. 8 Factors Influencing Primary School Childrenā€™s Language Learning Motivation and Language Attitudes
  20. Notes
  21. References
  22. Appendix
  23. Index