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Directed Motivational Currents in L2

Exploring the Effects on Self and Communication

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Authors:
  1. Nourollah Zarrinabadi

    1. Department of English, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

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  2. Saeed Ketabi

    1. Department of English, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

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  3. Mansoor Tavakoli

    1. University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

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  • Includes an extensive qualitative analysis of motivational current in an L2
  • Presents a validation study of the directed motivational currents (DMCs) construct in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context
  • Offers new insights and ideas on the concept of DMCs
  • Examines the effect of experiencing a DMC on willingness to communicate (WTC)
  • Analyzes the effect of experiences on the self and autonomy
  • Investigates the links between linguistic self-confidence and DMCs

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli
    Pages 1-7

  3. Directed Motivational Currents (DMC) in L2

    • Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli
    Pages 9-17

  4. Willingness to Communicate (WTC)

    • Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli
    Pages 19-32

  5. Language Learner Autonomy, Self-confidence, Self-concept

    • Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli
    Pages 33-47

  6. Methodology

    • Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli
    Pages 49-62

  7. Results

    • Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli
    Pages 63-88

  8. Conclusions

    • Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli
    Pages 89-94

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 95-118
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About this book

The book presents theoretical considerations as well as the results of empirical research on the existence of “directed motivational current” (DMC) experiences among Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in order to provide insights into how a DMC is triggered and launched, and to explore whether the key characteristics of DMCs could be detected in language learners' experiences in Iran. Although Dörnyei et al. (2016) claimed that language learners who experience a DMC may have an amalgamation of several positive emotions, they did not present any evidence of whether these feelings exert any impact on learners' willingness to take part in language learning situations (willingness to communicate (WTC)), their confidence to use their L2, their self-perceptions, and the extent to which they independently try to learn English inside and outside the classroom context (language learner autonomy). This book extensively studies DMCs in an EFL setting and examines how such experiences affect language learners' WTC, self-concept, language learner autonomy, and self-confidence.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of English, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

    Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi

  • University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

    Mansoor Tavakoli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Directed Motivational Currents in L2

  • Book Subtitle: Exploring the Effects on Self and Communication

  • Authors: Nourollah Zarrinabadi, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli

  • Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05472-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05471-7Published: 07 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05472-4Published: 24 January 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7648

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 118

  • Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics

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