Motivation: A Teacher-Student Problem?
ABSTRACT This paper describes the what, why and how of L2 motivation. The central argument of the paper is that since motivation plays a central role in L2 learning, it…
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ABSTRACT This paper describes the what, why and how of L2 motivation. The central argument of the paper is that since motivation plays a central role in L2 learning, it…
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A graduate student of mine recounted her aha experience when she was preparing for her IELTS test. Knowing that she needed to know a lot of English vocabulary words to…
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"The ability to produce language relatively easily for communicative purposes draws heavily on implicit knowledge" (Loewen, 2015, p.25) In a recent discussion on the role of implicit and explicit knowledge…
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Whenever I give a workshop to English teachers, I ask them to name key characteristics of an effective teacher. Most if not all of them would mention ‘sense of humour’.…
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