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Leaping language barriers
Xinhua, China - May 4, 2008
Apart from saving her skin, Geskin also feels that there is a higher motivation for learning the language. "I live in China and I should respect the country ...
Artist finds sound no barrier to expression
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand -
By Vaimoana Tapaleao Abbie Twiss with some of her artwork that will be auctioned in Wellington as part of Sign Language Week. Photo / Paul Estcourt Being ...
When the lights go on
guardian.co.uk, UK -
The other key message, he says, is that motivation and a positive attitude are crucial for learning - it is now possible to measure how fear and discomfort ...
Diversity exemplified Throughout Texas A&M Health Science Center
Newswise (press release) -
Many of these discrepancies are caused by barriers of culture, language and education between the health care provider and patient. ...
A Golden Apple
Southtown Star, IL - May 4, 2008
Pablo Picasso's words inspire 2008 Golden Apple finalist Megan Burns, a teacher at Gallistel Language Academy and resident of Chicago's Beverly community. ...
Education Letters: Bard reactions
Independent, UK - Apr 30, 2008
Language of that order is empowering to those who have never been asked to follow a thought to its conclusion, and to whom no one has probably ever listened ...
The European Multilingualism Challenge
cafebabel.com, France - Apr 25, 2008
Motivation is what shapes the very essence of language learning, and at the end, what makes the greatest difference in results. We all have experienced this ...
New Look and Feel for Innovative Publisher of TELL ME MORE ...
Eworldwire (press release), NJ - Apr 23, 2008
After the bags have been unpacked and photos developed, the new language skills acquired will live on. Language learning is a lifelong commitment and as ...
Electronic communication changes language
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Apr 24, 2008
"Technology's certainly affected language and increased our vocabulary," University of Queensland lecturer in language and comparative cultural studies, ...
Clearing life's hurdle
Eagle Tribune, MA -
"I was so ticked," he said, using more colorful language than that. "The hurdle," Collopy informed him, "still beat you." The image was symbolic. ...
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Attitudes and motivation in second language learning -
RC Gardner, WE Lambert - Rowley, Mass, 1972 - books.google.com
... Currently we are using this paradigm to study the role of attitudes and motivation
in language learning in combination with monetary rewards for achievement ...

Language learning motivation: Expanding the theoretical framework -
R Oxford, J Shearin - Modern Language Journal, 1994 - JSTOR
Language Learning Motivation: Expanding the Theoretical Framework. Rebecca Oxford. ...
30. . "Language Learning Motivation: A De- scriptive and Causal Analysis. ...

[BOOK] Social psychology and second language learning: the role of attitudes and motivation
RC Gardner - 1985 - London; Baltimore, Md., USA: E. Arnold

The Practice of English Language Teaching. -
J Harmer - 1983 - eric.ed.gov
... the book, on theory, outlines the concerns of applied linguistics that have influenced
English teaching, including (1) language learning motivation and success ...

Individual Differences in Second Language Learning.
P Skehan - Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1991 - eric.ed.gov
... A review of how second-language acquisition research accounts for individual
differences focuses on research on aptitude, motivation, learning strategies, and ...

Conceptualizing Motivation in Foreign-Language Learning* -
Z Dornyei - Language Learning, 1990 - Blackwell Synergy
... This study investigates the components of motivation in foreign-language learning
(FLLbwh ich involves learning the target language in institutionaVacademic ...

Critical period effects in second language learning: the influence of maturational state on the … -
JS Johnson, EL Newport - Cognit Psychol, 1989 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... period effects in second language learning: the influence ... of final proficiency in
the second language. ... experience with English, motivation, self-consciousness ...

Expanding the motivation construct in language learning -
PF Tremblay, RC Gardner - Modern Language Journal, 1995 - JSTOR
... The concept of language learning motivation has become a central component of a
number of theories of L2 acquisition (eg, Clement, 1980; Gardner, 1985; Krashen ...

PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES IN NETWORKED CLASSROOM INTERACTION: DEFINING THE RESEARCH AGENDA FOR L2 … -
NC INTERACTION, SL LEARNING - Language Learning & Technology, 1997 - llt.msu.edu
... of CACD needs to be drawn from a sound theoretical motivation within our ... how second
language performance and, tentatively, second language learning are shaped ...

[BOOK] Conditions for Second Language Learning -
B Spolsky - 1989 - oup.com
... 142 10 Attitudes and motivation 148 Language learning motivation 148 The
socio-educational model 154 Attitudes, motivation, and acculturation 157 ...

Source: Google Scholar

Language learning tips - motivation

Perhaps the most challenging issue when you’re learning a foreign language is how to keep up your motivation. If you’re learning mostly on your own, and sometimes even with a good teacher, your motivation will inevitably go up and down, often from one day to the next, and all too frequently you’ll be tempted to give up altogether.

I’ve studied foreign languages for nearly thirty years and have taught my native tongue, Spanish, for almost twenty. I have seen what could otherwise have been excellent students abandon their efforts within weeks of starting, and what seemed at first to be poor students reach a highly advanced level, all because of their motivation, or lack of it.

How do successful language learners keep up their motivation? These are the tips I’ve come up with after talking to my students and going through my own experiences as a learner.
  • Learning has to be fun. If you don’t like the language course you’re using, get one that suits your style and needs better. If you don’t like your teacher, find a new one. If may sound tough, but it’s your time and money you’re wasting. Remember: boredom is motivation’s greatest enemy.
  • Set yourself small, realistic goals. Finish the next lesson over the weekend, make no more than three mistakes in this lesson’s drills, learn that phrase that today feels impossible to say. Motivation feeds on small and frequent achievements.
  • Learn something new in every study session, even if it’s just a word or phrase. It’s essential that you make constant steady progress, and you need to feel you’re getting somewhere.
  • Reward yourself. Organizing a trip to a country where they speak the language is the best motivation boost, but if your circumstances don’t allow it, there are many other ways to ‘live the language’: watch your favorite TV shows in your chosen language, read comic books and manga, get the foreign version of the magazines you like, read foreign papers, listen to audiobooks. There are thousands of products you can get in the foreign language you’re learning.

If you need help finding language learning products, please post your query here or on my language learning forum and I’ll be very happy to advise you.

In my next post on language learning tips I’ll talk about self-discipline.
 
 
 
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