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At a 2012 conference in Austria hosted by the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group, I presented a paper in which I drew together emergent issues and insights from the draft chapters of this volume and explored their resonance with English language teachers and educators working in various European contexts (Ushioda, 2012a). According to the European Commission (2006), English is the most widely used lingua franca across the countries of the European Union, and dominates foreign language curricula in mainstream education in Europe (Eurydice, 2005). Yet, as several contributors to this volume have highlighted, the unquestioned importance ascribed to English in global, national and educational policy terms does not simply translate into unquestioned positive motivation for learners of English, and this dissonance presents significant challenges for teachers at a local level.
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Ushioda, E. (2013). Motivation and ELT: Looking Ahead to the Future. In: Ushioda, E. (eds) International Perspectives on Motivation. International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137000873_13
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