Motivating Learning

<p>Motivation is a vital element in learning and the most commonly cited explanation for success or failure in language learning. Jill Hadfield and Zoltán Dörnyei present a new theory of motivation centred around the notion of the ˜Ideal Future Language Self arguing that if students have a rich and inspiring vision of themselves as successful future language learners and users they will be motivated to work hard to actualise the vision and become that learner. This book:</p><ul> <li>integrates the latest research in language teaching with innovative classroom practice</li> <li>offers suggestions on how the various components of the theory could be structured into a teaching sequence</li> <li>includes a variety of imaginative classroom activities designed to aid both student and teacher in creating and actualising the Ideal Self through visualisation goal setting task identification and planning and a selection of appropriate learning strategies</li> <li>shows how teachers can undertake motivation-related research in their own classrooms</li> </ul><p>This is an ideal guide to and activity book for the theory and practice of motivation in language learning for students and teachers alike.</p>