Motivation and Second Language Acquisition: The Socio-Educational Model

By Robert C. Gardner

Offering a historical and empirical account, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-educational model of second language acquisition. This approach to understanding motivational variables that promote success in the learning of a second or foreign language - distinguishing between language classroom motivation and language learning motivation - is a major one in the history of this field of research. Chapters include a discussion of the definition and measurement of motivation; historical foundations of the model; recent studies with the International Attitude Motivation Test Battery for English as a foreign language in different countries; the implications of the model to the classroom context; and a discussion of criticisms and misconceptions of the model. The book provides graduate students and researchers with unique coverage of this research-oriented approach as well as serving as a source book for the area. It is ideal for courses on motivation in second language learning, or as a supplemental text for research-oriented courses in applied linguistics, educational psychology, or language research in general.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433104598
• ISBN13: 9781433104596
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"