The Motivation of Second/Foreign Language Teachers

In order to offer a picture of the construct of language teacher motivation, this paper is subdivided into two main sections. In the first part, the main framework for exploring this specific construct is presented and, considering it as mostly social, insights have been drawn from Atkinson’s soc...

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Main Author:	Bier, Ada
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari 2014-11-01
Series:	Educazione Linguistica Language Education
Online Access:	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/riviste/elle/2014/3/the-motivation-of-secondforeign-language-teachers/

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spelling	doaj-77a33658c2814612ba18e386d64b33732021-06-02T09:03:13ZengEdizioni Ca’ FoscariEducazione Linguistica Language Education2280-67922014-11-013310.14277/2280-6792/119pjournal_article_988The Motivation of Second/Foreign Language TeachersBier, Ada0Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia In order to offer a picture of the construct of language teacher motivation, this paper is subdivided into two main sections. In the first part, the main framework for exploring this specific construct is presented and, considering it as mostly social, insights have been drawn from Atkinson’s sociocognitive approach, from complexity theory and from theories of mediation. In the second part, the teacher’s mind is investigated and the scaffolding for its description is provided by the triadic distinction between cognition, affect and motivation. http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/riviste/elle/2014/3/the-motivation-of-secondforeign-language-teachers/
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description	In order to offer a picture of the construct of language teacher motivation, this paper is subdivided into two main sections. In the first part, the main framework for exploring this specific construct is presented and, considering it as mostly social, insights have been drawn from Atkinson’s sociocognitive approach, from complexity theory and from theories of mediation. In the second part, the teacher’s mind is investigated and the scaffolding for its description is provided by the triadic distinction between cognition, affect and motivation.
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The Motivation of Second/Foreign Language Teachers

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