Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning
by Murray, Garold; Gao, Xuesong; Lamb, TerryFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-04-14
Publisher(s): Multilingual Matters
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Summary
In this volume researchers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America employ a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches in order to investigate the links between identity, motivation, and autonomy in language learning.
Author Biography
Garold Murray is associate professor in the Language Education Centre, Okayama University, Japan. His research employs ethnography and narrative inquiry to explore autonomy, metacognition, and community in relation to classroom, out-of-class, and self-access language learning. Xuesong (Andy) Gao is assistant professor at the Department of English, Hong Kong Institute of Education. His research interests include language learning strategy, learner narratives and teacher development. Terry Lamb is based in the School of Education, University of Sheffi eld, England. He has published widely in the fi elds of learner and teacher autonomy, multilingualism, language policy, and teacher development.
Table of Contents
Xuesong Gao and Terry Lamb: Exploring Links between Identity, Motivation and Autonomy
Section I: Emerging Theoretical Perspectives
Ema Ushioda: Motivating Learners to Speak as Themselves
Xuesong Gao and Lawrence Jun Zhang: Joining Forces for Synergy: Agency and Metacognition as Interrelated Theoretical Perspectives on Learner Autonomy
Liliane Assis Sade: Emerging Selves, Language Learning and Motivation through the Lens of Chaos
Vera Lúcia Menezes De Oliveira E Paiva: Identity, Motivation, and Autonomy in SLA from the Perspective of Complex Dynamical Systems
Section II: Independent Learning Settings
Garold Murray: Imagination, Metacognition, and the L2 Self in a Self-Access Learning Environment
E. Desirée Castillo Zaragoza: Identity, Motivation and Plurilingualism in SACs
Linda Murphy: ‘Why am I Doing This?' Maintaining Motivation in Distance Language Learning
Hayo Reinders and Noemí Lázaro: Beliefs, Identity and Motivation in Implementing Autonomy: The Teacher's Perspective
Section III: Cultures and Contexts
Alice Chik and Stephan Breidbach: Identity, Motivation and Autonomy: A Tale of Two Cities
Stephen Ryan and Sarah Mercer: Natural Talent, Natural Acquisition and Abroad: Learner Attributions of Agency in Language Learning
Martin Lamb: Future Selves, Motivation And Autonomy In Long-Term EFL Learning Trajectories
Diane Malcolm: “Failing” to Achieve Autonomy in English for Medical Purposes
Neil Cowie and Keiko Sakui: Crucial but Neglected: EFL Teachers' Perspectives on Learner Motivation
Jing Huang: A Dynamic Account of Autonomy, Agency and Identity in TEFL Learning
Garold Murray: Identity, Motivation and Autonomy: Stretching our Boundaries
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