Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning

Abstract

John Schumann: Foreword 1. Zoltan Dornyei, Peter D. MacIntyre and Alastair Henry: Introduction: Applying Complex Dynamic Systems Principles to Empirical Research on L2 Motivation Part I: Conceptual Summaries 2. Diane Larsen-Freeman: Ten 'Lessons' from Complex Dynamic Systems Theory: What is on Offer 3. Phil Hiver: Attractor States 4. Kees de Bot: Rates of Change: Timescales in Second Language Development 5. Marjolijn Verspoor: Initial Conditions 6. Ema Ushioda: Context and Complex Dynamic Systems Theory 7. Ali Al-Hoorie: Human Agency: Does the Beach Ball Have Free Will? 8. Sarah Mercer: Social Network Analysis and Complex Dynamic Systems 9. Alastair Henry: The Dynamics of Possible Selves 10. Zoltan Dornyei, Zana Ibrahim and Christine Muir: 'Directed Motivational Currents': Regulating Complex Dynamic Systems through Motivational Surges Part II: Empirical Studies 11. Peter D. MacIntyre and Alicia Serroul: Motivation on a Per-Second Timescale: Examining Approach-Avoidance Motivation During L2 Task Performance 12. Sarah Mercer: Dynamics of the Self: A Multilevel Nested Systems Approach 13. Katalin Piniel and Kata Csizer: Changes in Motivation, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy during the Course of an Academic Writing Seminar 14. Frea Waninge: Motivation, Emotion and Cognition: Attractor States in the Classroom 15. Phil Hiver: Once Burned, Twice Shy: The Dynamic Development of System Immunity in Teachers 16. Letty Chan, Zoltan Dornyei and Alastair Henry: Learner Archetypes and Signature Dynamics in the Language Classroom: A Retrodictive Qualitative Modelling Approach to Studying L2 Motivation 17. Tammy Gregersen and Peter D. MacIntyre: I Can See a Little Bit of You on Myself: A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Inner Dialogue Between Teacher and Learner Selves 18. Tomoko Yashima and Kumiko Arano: Understanding EFL Learners' Motivational Dynamics: A Three-Level Model from a Dynamic Systems and Sociocultural Perspective 19. Alastair Henry: The Dynamics of L3 Motivation: A Longitudinal Interview/Observation-Based Study 20. Kay Irie and Stephen Ryan: Study Abroad and the Dynamics of Change in Learner L2 Self-Concept 21. Ryo Nitta and Kyoko Baba: Self-Regulation in the Evolution of the Ideal L2 Self: A Complex Dynamic Systems Approach to the L2 Motivational Self System 22. Chenjing (Julia) You and Letty Chan: The Dynamics of L2 Imagery in Future Motivational Self-Guides 23. Peter D. MacIntyre, Zoltan Dornyei and Alastair Henry: Conclusion: Hot Enough to be Cool: The Promise of Dynamic Systems Research