Motivating Learning

Jill Hadfield has worked as a teacher and teacher trainer in Britain, France, China, Tibet, Madagascar and run short courses and seminars for teachers in many other parts of the world. She now  teaches on the Certificate and Diploma in Language Teaching, and the BA in English at Unitec New Zealand. She is the author of over 25 books, including the Longman Communication Games series, five books in the Oxford Basics series and Classroom Dynamics. She has also written a course for young learners: Excellent! published by Longman. Two Teacher Education books were published last year: Top Tools for Language Teachers (Pearson)  and An Introduction to Teaching English (OUP). She has also written two travel books and a novel.  Zoltán Dörnyei received his PhD in psycholinguistics from Eötvös University, Budapest in 1989 where he then worked for 10 years as a teacher trainer and applied linguist, with his responsibilities also including being Director of Studies of the PhD program in Language Pedagogy. In 1998 he moved to the UK, and he is currently Professor of Psycholinguistics in the School of English Studies, University of Nottingham. He has published over 60 academic papers on various aspects of second language acquisition and language teaching methodology, and is the author of several books

• Part I Introduction: motivation and the vision of knowing a second languageMotivation and the selfA visionary motivational programmeHow this book is structuredPart II From implications to applicationContent selectionSequencing1 Imaging identity: my Future L2 SelfSection 1: Creating the visionActivity 1: Future AlternativesActivity 2: Introduction to VisualisationActivity 3: My Ideal SelfActivity 4: PortraitsActivity 5: L2 GreetingsActivity 6: My Future L2 SelfActivity 7: Identity TreeActivity 8: The Self I Can BecomeSection 2: Substantiating the vision: what is possibleActivity 9: Reality Check 1 Activity 10: Reality Check 2Activity 11: Reality ConsensusActivity 12: Dream On!Activity 13: Leaf RatingActivity 14: Vision RevisionSection 3: Counterbalancing the visionActivity 15: What If . . . ?Activity 16: What Gets in the Way of Learning?Activity 17: Identifying the Self BarrierActivity 18: Meeting the Self BarrierActivity 19: FilmshotsActivity 20: Two RoadsActivity 21: Overcoming ObstaclesSection 4: Aligning selvesActivity 22: Introducing the Ought-to SelfActivity 23: The Mom SongActivity 24: The Ought-to Self SongActivity 25: Great ExpectationsActivity 26: Advice From the Ought-to SelfActivity 27: Making Friends with the Ought-to SelfActivity 28: Meeting the MentorActivity 29: The Fourth ManSection 5: Enhancing the visionActivity 30: Future Photo AlbumActivity 31: Future Self-PortraitsActivity 32: Song of My Future SelfActivity 33: Fairytale2 Mapping the journey: from dream to realitySection 1: From vision to goalsActivity 34: WishlistsActivity 35: Syllabus CheckActivity 36: Aims PosterActivity 37: Personal Goal StatementsActivity 38: From Reality Check to Goal Sheet: a Greek ExampleActivity 39: Base CampsActivity 40: Goal BreakdownActivity 41: Goal WheelsSection 2: From goals to plansActivity 42: Task ListActivity 43: TaskmapActivity 44: MosaicActivity 45: Slicing up the cakeActivity 46: Study PlanSection 3: From plans to strategiesActivity 47: Work StyleActivity 48: Study HabitsActivity 49: Time ManagementActivity 50: Try This!Activity 51: Great ExpectationsActivity 52. Distraction ReductionActivity 53: Allocating TimeActivity 54. Light FantasticActivity 55: ChillActivity 56. Positive ThinkingActivity 57: Favourite WorkplaceActivity 58: With a Little Help from my FriendsActivity 59: Strategies RapSection 4: From strategies to achievementActivity 60: Study BuddiesActivity 61: Study ContractsActivity 62: Rate YourselfActivity 63: Progress LaddersActivity 64: Contract WallActivity 65: Progress Blog3 Keeping the vision aliveSection 1: Developing identityIdentity projectsActivity 66: Board GameActivity 67: Letter from My Future SelfActivity 68: Future Photo AlbumsActivity 69: Future DiariesActivity 70: L2 Self Bebo/Facebook PagesActivity 71: ‘Second Life’Targeted visualisationsActivity 72: Goods and Services: In a RestaurantActivity 73: Social: At a PartyActivity 74: Work: Job InterviewActivity 75: Study and Exams: Giving a PresentationRole modelsActivity 76: Good Language LearnersActivity 77: Interview a Role ModelActivity 78: WebquestActivity 79: Role Model RoleplaySelf-beliefActivity 80: Secret FriendsActivity 81: Affirmation SheetsActivity 82: Claim a Compliment!Activity 83: New!! Exciting!! Section 2: Making it realEntering the L2 communityActivity 84: Projects: What to Do in . . .Activity 85: Interviews: What do you think of . . .?Activity 86: Community PlacementsActivity 87: International E-palsActivity 88: Guest SpeakersActivity 89: Chat CornerSimulations: let’s pretendActivity 90: A Bed for the NightActivity 91: Doing the ShoppingActivity 92: Where Can I Get a Cup of Coffee?Activity 93: What’s On?Activity 94: AirportActivity 95: Taking It BackCultural eventsActivity 96: Film ScreeningsActivity 97: FoodiesActivity 98: FestivalsActivity 99: Culture BoardPart III From application to implementationTowards a motivational programme Induction moduleMapping the journey< Keeping the vision aliveEnjoyment of the learning experiencePart IV From implementation to researchWhy do action research?Why not?What is action research?Who should do it?How?InterviewingInterview topics and questionsProcessing the interview dataReferences