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 Katie Butler on January 2, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, additional resources, reading list, student motivation, teaching

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Lesson 2: Motivation, from UT-Austin

From The Language Learner Sources cited by this 4-part lesson (I. Motivation predicts success; II.  Instrumental Motivation; III.  Integrative Motivation; IV. Maintaining Motivation): Dornyei, Z. (2005). The psychology of the language learner. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Gardner, R. C., & Lambert, W. E. (1972). Attitudes and motivation in second language learning. Rowley, MA: Newbury House. Gardner, Tremblay, and…

Posted by Katie Butler on January 1, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, reading list, student motivation

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from communication to community

I’m trying to think more concretely about what interests me in the relationship between language learning and community building — and I think it rests (to view through an SLA lens) in the area of STUDENT MOTIVATION. or instance, if university-level language learners were to tutor elementary-aged students in the L2, would the older learners…

Posted by Katie Butler on December 31, 2012 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, brainstorming dissertation, community engagement, student motivation

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