Katie Butler

SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning

Civic-minded graduate: a north star. Author(s):Kathryn S. Steinberg , Julie A. Hatcher and Robert G. Bringle

Academic OneFile – Document. Abstract: Because of increased interest in higher education regarding the civic learning outcomes for college students and graduates, identifying and measuring civic learning outcomes is important to evaluating the efficacy of civic engagement programs and teaching strategies (e.g., service-learning). A conceptual framework for the Civic-Minded Graduate (CMG) construct is presented as well…

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Books on Community Engagement and Service Learning | Center for Teaching | Vanderbilt University

Books on Community Engagement and Service Learning A Practitioner’s Guide to Reflection in Service-Learning, Eyler, Janet S., Dwight E. Giles, and Angela Schmiede, Vanderbilt, 1996. Assessing service-learning and civic engagement: Principles and techniques. Gelmon, S. B. , B. Holland, A. Driscoll, A. Spring, and S. Kerrigan. Campus Compact, 2001. Beyond the Campus: How Colleges and…

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Articles, Reports, and Guides on Community Engagement | Center for Teaching | Vanderbilt University

Articles, Reports, and Guides on Community Engagement Boyer, Ernest. 1996. “The scholarship of engagement.” Journal of Public Service and Outreach. 1(1). Bridger, Jeffrey C. and Theodore R. Alter. 2006. “The Engaged University, Community Development, and Public Scholarship,” Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 11(1) Campus Compact. 2001. Fundamentals of Service-Learning Course Construction. RI: Campus…

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Service Learning and Community Engagement | Center for Teaching | Vanderbilt University

Resources from Vanderbilt — Service Learning and Community Engagement | Center for Teaching | Vanderbilt University. “Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.” John Dewey, School and Society, 1889. Service learning is a social or community engagement pedagogy that combines learning goals and public service in ways that create powerful…

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Giving up on Modern Foreign Languages? Students’ Perceptions of Learning French

JSTOR: The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 88, No. 2 (Summer, 2004), pp. 171-191. Abstract(back to top) This article reports on the findings of an investigation into the attitudes of English students aged 16 to 19 years towards French and how they view the reasons behind their level of achievement. Those students who attributed success to…

Posted by on January 14, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, ,

Motivating Language Learners: A Classroom-Oriented Investigation of the Effects of Motivational Strategies on Student Motivation

JSTOR: TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 2008), pp. 55-77. Abstract(back to top) The teacher’s use of motivational strategies is generally believed to enhance student motivation, yet the literature has little empirical evidence to support this claim. Based on a large-scale investigation of 40 ESOL classrooms in South Korea involving 27 teachers and more…

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An Exploration of Undergraduate Students’ Motivation and Attitudes towards English Language Acquisition

Academic OneFile – Document. Abstract:  This paper analyzed various socio-psychological orientations of the Iranian undergraduate students towards learning English. The research focused on what are considered as the two most important social psychological variables; attitude and motivation. A total of 400 students participated (48.3% female and 51.7 % males). The questionnaire consisted of two parts,…

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A variety of resources on motivation in SLL

I was reading a section on Motivation in Klaus Brandl’s Communicative Language..  and found references to the following resources: Garder, 1985 ( and his personal website contains many resources as well) Gardner and McIntyre, 1993 Horwitz and Young, 1991 Here are the resources cited at the end of this powerpoint on Attitudes and Motivation in Intensive Second…

Posted by on January 7, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, , ,

USLA by Lourdes Ortega

Ch 8 of Ortega’s Understanding Second Language Acquisition focuses solely on L2 learner motivation.  She has posted a powerpoint online to help understand the chapter — USLA Ch 8 powerpoint Also, check out this source: Guilloteaux, M. J., & Dörnyei, Z. (2008). Motivating language learners: Aclassroom-oriented investigation of the effects of motivational strategies onstudent motivation. TESOL…

Posted by on January 2, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, , ,

resources from Vivian Cook

This website, maintained by Vivian Cook, breaks down his work into seminars for his students and those who are reading Second Language Learning & Language Teaching (2008). References used for this part of the website (on motivation): Clement, R. & Kruidenier, B.G. (1983), ‘Orientations in second language acquisition: I. the effects of ethnicity, milieu, and…

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