Student Motivation and Language Learning
This page is a work in progress, but will list a range of resources on topic of student motivation and/or engagement with foreign language learning. As such, it will be a work in progress.
My Masters dissertation:
Student perceptions towards studying German in South Australia at two crucial transition points in secondary schooling.
My Masters dissertation:
Student perceptions towards studying German in South Australia at two crucial transition points in secondary schooling.
Research from Australia
Bond, M. (2017). Facilitating student engagement through the flipped learning approach in K-12: Provisional results of a South Australian case study. Presentation to school staff.
Moloney, R., & Harbon, L. (2015). Transition from senior secondary to tertiary languages study: student attitudes in three Sydney schools. Babel, 49(3), 4-13.
Research from the UK
Bartram, B. (2007). The good, the bad and the ugly – secondary pupils’ views of good and bad practice in MFL teaching.
Coleman, J.A., Galaczi, A., & Astruc, L. (2007). Motivation of UK school pupils towards foreign languages: a large-scale survey at Key Stage 3. The Language Learning Journal, 35(2), 245-281.
Lanvers, U. (2018). ‘If they are going to university, they are gonna need a language GCSE’: Co-constructing the social divide in language learning in England. System, 76, 129-143.
Lanvers, U., Hultgren, K., & Gayton, A.M. (2016). ‘People can be smarter with two languages’: changing anglophone students' attitudes to language learning through teaching linguistics. Language Learning Journal, 47(1).
Parrish, A. & Lanvers, U. (2018). Student motivation, school policy choices and modern language study in England. Language Learning Journal.
Stables, A., & Wikeley, F. (2007). From bad to worse? Pupils' attitudes to modern foreign languages at ages 14 and 15. Language Learning Journal, 20(1).
Ushioda, E. (2011). Language learning motivation, self and identity: current theoretical perspectives. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 24(3), 199-210.
Williams, M., Burden, R., & Lanvers, U. (2002). 'French is the Language of Love and Stuff': Student perceptions of issues related to motivation in learning a foreign language. British Educational Research Journal, 28(4).
Research from mainland Europe
Csizér, K., & Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The Internal Structure of Language Learning Motivation and Its Relationship with Language Choice and Learning Effort. The Modern Language Journal, 89(1), 19-36.
Research from the US
Sung, H., & Padilla, A. (1998). Student Motivation, Parental Attitudes, and Involvement in the Learning of Asian Languages in Elementary and Secondary Schools. The Modern Language Journal, 82(2), 205-216.
Bond, M. (2017). Facilitating student engagement through the flipped learning approach in K-12: Provisional results of a South Australian case study. Presentation to school staff.
Moloney, R., & Harbon, L. (2015). Transition from senior secondary to tertiary languages study: student attitudes in three Sydney schools. Babel, 49(3), 4-13.
Research from the UK
Bartram, B. (2007). The good, the bad and the ugly – secondary pupils’ views of good and bad practice in MFL teaching.
Coleman, J.A., Galaczi, A., & Astruc, L. (2007). Motivation of UK school pupils towards foreign languages: a large-scale survey at Key Stage 3. The Language Learning Journal, 35(2), 245-281.
Lanvers, U. (2018). ‘If they are going to university, they are gonna need a language GCSE’: Co-constructing the social divide in language learning in England. System, 76, 129-143.
Lanvers, U., Hultgren, K., & Gayton, A.M. (2016). ‘People can be smarter with two languages’: changing anglophone students' attitudes to language learning through teaching linguistics. Language Learning Journal, 47(1).
Parrish, A. & Lanvers, U. (2018). Student motivation, school policy choices and modern language study in England. Language Learning Journal.
Stables, A., & Wikeley, F. (2007). From bad to worse? Pupils' attitudes to modern foreign languages at ages 14 and 15. Language Learning Journal, 20(1).
Ushioda, E. (2011). Language learning motivation, self and identity: current theoretical perspectives. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 24(3), 199-210.
Williams, M., Burden, R., & Lanvers, U. (2002). 'French is the Language of Love and Stuff': Student perceptions of issues related to motivation in learning a foreign language. British Educational Research Journal, 28(4).
Research from mainland Europe
Csizér, K., & Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The Internal Structure of Language Learning Motivation and Its Relationship with Language Choice and Learning Effort. The Modern Language Journal, 89(1), 19-36.
Research from the US
Sung, H., & Padilla, A. (1998). Student Motivation, Parental Attitudes, and Involvement in the Learning of Asian Languages in Elementary and Secondary Schools. The Modern Language Journal, 82(2), 205-216.