additional resources

Service Learning Bibliography Involving Languages and Cultures

This will prove to be very helpful, I believe. I need to check and see how many of these sources overlap with my reading list…and which ones I can add to my own! BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SERVICE LEARNING Compiled Fall 2010 by Janis L. Krugh Department of Languages, University of Dayton bibliography_language_culture

Posted by on January 17, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, , , ,


Journals and Periodicals | National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

Journals and Periodicals | National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. From “America’s Most Comprehensive Service-Learning Resource” Academic Exchange QuarterlyThis is an independent, peer-reviewed print and electronic journal that publishes 55-65 original refereed articles per issue, submitted by international authors representing multiple academic areas. Community Works JournalThis journal is published online (free) and in print three times a year…

Posted by on January 15, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, ,


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…

Posted by on January 15, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, , , ,


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…

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