Language Learning Motivation: Expanding the Theoretical Framework.

Oxford, Rebecca; Shearin, Jill

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ERIC Number: EJ485103

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Publication Date: 1994

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Language Learning Motivation: Expanding the Theoretical Framework.

Oxford, Rebecca; Shearin, Jill

Modern Language Journal, v78 n1 p12-28 Spr 1994

Several ways to extend the notion of second-language (L2) learning motivation are discussed. The motivational materials and techniques considered are well known in the fields of general, industrial, educational, and cognitive developmental psychology but have not been applied to the L2 field. (Contains 98 references.) (LB)

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Educational Theories, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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