Post on 16-Apr-2017
Language Motivation:From the Theoretical
to the Practical
Matthew AppleRitsumeikan University
Dept. of Communication
Are you WEIRD?
Western
Educated
Industrialised
Rich
Democratic
Are you WEIRD?
“the social psychological period” (1959-1990)
“The cognitive situated period” (1990s)
“The process-oriented period” (2000 ~ )
“Three Phases of L2 Motivation Research”
(Dörnyei, 2005, pp. 66-67)
Gardner
Deci &
Ryan
Dörnyei
Are you WEIRD?
“the social psychological period” (1959-1990)
“The cognitive situated period” (1990s)
“The process-oriented period” (2000 ~ )
“Three Phases of L2 Motivation Research”
Canada
The US
Europe
Are you WEIRD?
Motivational theories stem from those in WEIRD contexts
Cultural assumptions about educational systems, language choices, family roles, self-perceptions
• Published in October 2013• Multilingual Matters
- E. Ushioda- K. Noels- T. Yashima- M. Apple, J. Falout, & G. Hill- H. Hayashi- R. Nishida- K. Irie & D. Brewster- S. Aubrey & A.G.P. Nowlan- Y. Munezane- T. Taguchi- M. Johnson- K. Kikuchi- J Lake- J. Falout, Y. Fukada, T. Murphey, & T. Fukuda- R. Nitta- T. Hiromori- Y. Nakata
• Published in November 2016• Multilingual Matters
- T. Fellner, M. Apple, & D Da Silva- P Gobel, S-M Thang, & S. Mori- T-Y Kim- H-T Huang & I-L Chen
- S-A Chen- M. Lopez & R. Gonzales- M. Ueki & O. Takeuchi- M. Gu & X. Qu- A. Padwad & K. Dixit- Q-M Zhang- M. Lamb, S. Astuti, & N. Hadisantosa- N. Rudolph
Questions to ponder…
1. What is “motivation”?
2. What are “language motivation theories”?
3. How do we measure motivation?
4. How do we use motivation in class?
Motivation explains …
- why a particular activity? - how long they will persist? - what effort they invest in it?
1. What is “motivation”?
Motivation explains …
- why? - how long? - how hard?
1. What is “motivation”?
Motivation explains …
- why? - how long? - how hard?
ChoicePersistenceEffort
1. What is “motivation”?
“[M]otivation can be defined as the dynamically changing cumulative arousal in a person that initiates, directs, coordinates, amplifies, terminates, and evaluates the cognitive and motor processes whereby initial wishes and desires are selected, prioritised, operationalised, and…acted out.”
(Dörnyei & Otto, 1998, p. 65)
1. What is “motivation”?
“[M]otivation can be defined as the dynamically changing cumulative arousal in a person that initiates, directs, coordinates, amplifies, terminates, and evaluates the cognitive and motor processes whereby initial wishes and desires are selected, prioritised, operationalised, and…acted out.”
(Dörnyei & Otto, 1998, p. 65)
1. What is “motivation”?
Motivation is a
dynamic
cumulative
active process
1. What is “motivation”?
(Dörnyei & Otto, 1998, p. 48)
a. Gardner’s Socioeducational model
b. Deci & Ryan’s Self-determination theory
c. Dörnyei’s L2 Motivational Self-system
d. Complex dynamic systems and “person-in-situation”
e. Expectancy-value theories
f. Goal-setting theory
g. Self-worth theory
h. Attribution theory
2. What are “language motivation theories”?
a. Gardner’s Socioeducational model
b. Deci & Ryan’s Self-determination theory
c. Dörnyei’s L2 Motivational Self-system
d. Complex dynamic systems and “person-in-situation”
e. Expectancy-value theories
f. Goal-setting theory
g. Self-worth theory
h. Attribution theory
2. What are “language motivation theories”?
a. Gardner’s Socioeducational model
b. Deci & Ryan’s Self-determination theory
c. Dörnyei’s L2 Motivational Self-system
d. Complex dynamic systems and “person-in-situation”
2. What are “language motivation theories”?
2a. The Socioeducational model (AMTB)
Integrativeness Integrative orientation
Interest in foreign languages Attitudes toward English-speaking
people
Attitudes toward learning situation English teacher evaluation
English course evaluation
MotivationMotivational intensityDesire to learnAttitudes toward learning English
(Gardner, 1985)
Language anxietyEnglish class anxietyEnglish use anxiety
Instrumental orientation Parental encouragement
2a. The Socioeducational model
Integrativeness Integrative orientation
Interest in foreign languages
Attitudes toward the French community
Attitudes toward learning situation French teacher evaluation
French course evaluation
MotivationMotivational intensityDesire to learnAttitudes toward learning French
Language anxietyFrench class anxietyFrench use anxiety
Instrumentality
Aptitude
(Gardner, 2006)
Language Achievement
“Other factors”
Integrativeness
Attitudes toward learning situation
Motivation
2a. The Socioeducational model
(Gardner, 2002)
Integrativeness
Attitudes toward learning situation
Motivation
“Integrative Motivation”
2a. The Socioeducational model
(Gardner, 2002)
Integrativeness
Attitudes toward learning situation
Motivation
“Integrative Motivation”
2a. The Socioeducational model
(Gardner, 2002)
Integrativeness
Attitudes toward learning situation
Motivation
“Integrative Motivation”
2a. The Socioeducational model
(Gardner, 2010, p. 88)
“The construct, , reflects a genuine interest in learning…for the purposes of communicating with members of the other language community…
“In the extreme, this might involve complete identification with and membership in the other community…
“…in less extreme form it might simply reflect a willingness to incorporate behavioral patterns in the form of the language from the other group…”
Integrativeness
2a. The Socioeducational model
(Yashima, 2000)
interest in communicating with members of the other language community…
complete identification with and membership in the other community…
willingness to incorporate behavioral patterns in the form of the language from the other group…”
“Intercultural Friendship”
(Clément & Krudenier, 1983)
“Friendship Orientation”
(Kimura, Nakata, & Okumura, 2001)“Intrinsic-Instrumental-Integrative Motive”
(Yashima, 2000, 2004)“International Posture”
“Integrativeness”
2b. Self-determination theory
Cognitive Evaluation Theory (CET)
Organismic Integration Theory (OIT)
feeling competent and a sense of control
leads to internalizing of external rewards and goals
a series of steps or categories
shows the degree to which motivation is self-directed
(Deci & Ryan, 2000)
2b. Self-determination theory
feeling competent and a sense of control
leads to internalizing of external rewards and goals
a series of steps or categories
shows the degree to which motivation is self-directed
People have these innate needs:1. Autonomy
a capacity to choose to engage in certain activities
2. Competencean ability to carry out an activity and
to rise to a challenge
3. Relatednessfeeling of security between learner
and others (family, friends, teacher, classmates)
Cognitive Evaluation Theory (CET)
Organismic Integration Theory (OIT)
2b. Self-determination theory
feeling competent and a sense of control
leads to internalizing of external rewards and goals
a series of steps or categories
shows the degree to which motivation is self-directed
People have these innate needs:1. Autonomy
a capacity to choose to engage in certain activities
2. Competencean ability to carry out an activity and
to rise to a challenge
3. Relatednessfeeling of security between learner
and others (family, friends, teacher, classmates)
Cognitive Evaluation Theory (CET)
Organismic Integration Theory (OIT)
2b. Self-determination theory
feeling competent and a sense of control
leads to internalizing of external rewards and goals
a series of steps or categories
shows the degree to which motivation is self-directed
Cognitive Evaluation Theory (CET)
Organismic Integration Theory (OIT)
leads to internalizing of external rewards and goals
a series of steps or categories
2b. Self-determination theory
(Ryan & Deci, 2002)
Development of internalization of the autonomous self
Identified Regulation
Intrinsic Motivation
Integrated Regulation
External Regulation
Amotivation
Introjected Regulation
2b. Self-determination theory
Intrinsic Motivation
1. Autonomy
2. Competence
3. Relatedness
internalization (self-regulation)
2c. L2 Motivational Self System
• Reconceptualization of integrativeness in terms of L2 self concept
• Three main aspects/components:
1. Ideal L2 Self
2.Ought to L2 Self
3.L2 learning experience
• Reconceptualization of integrativeness in terms of L2 self concept
• Three main aspects/components:
1. Ideal L2 Self
2.Ought to L2 Self
3.L2 learning experience
2c. L2 Motivational Self System
The self one desires to become
The self one is obliged to become
The immediate situation
• Reconceptualization of integrativeness in terms of L2 self concept
• “Possible selves” (Markus, 1986):
1.Ideal L2 Self
2.Ought to L2 Self
2c. L2 Motivational Self System
“hopes, aspirations, or wishes…”
“someone else’s sense of duties, obligations, or…
responsibilities….”
(Dörnyei, 2005, p. 13)
• People are motivated to reduce the discrepancy between who they currently are and who they want to be or do not want to be (“self-congruency,” Higgins, 1987)
• “Possible L2 selves” are not motivations but motivators (self-guides)
1.Ideal L2 Self
2.Ought to L2 Self
2c. L2 Motivational Self System
promotion focus — “pulls” toward
prevention focus — “pushes” away
• People are motivated to reduce the discrepancy between who they currently are and who they want to be or do not want to be (“self-congruency,” Higgins, 1987)
• “Possible L2 selves” are not motivations but motivators (self-guides)
1.Ideal L2 Self
2.Ought to L2 Self
• In this theory/model, Ideal L2 Self > Ought to L2 Self
2c. L2 Motivational Self System
promotion focus — “pulls” toward
prevention focus — “pushes” away
2d. CDS and person-in-situation
Dynamic Systems Theory (DST)
Chaos Theory
Complex Systems Theory (CST)
Complex dynamic systems theory is a combination of several theories from the hard sciences (mathematics/physics):
2d. CDS and person-in-situation
Complex dynamic systems theory as used in L2 motivation studies:
Motivation is individual
- dependent on social context
- interactions between individual / situation-specific events as “triggers”
Motivation is dynamic
- responds to “attractors”
- part of a larger system
- not linear
- can be measured (but not easily)
2d. CDS and person-in-situation
Person-in-situation: Everyone is individual
Motivation is individual
- dependent on social context
- individual / situation cannot be separated
- generalization not possible
Motivation is dynamic
- changes from moment to moment
- cannot be easily captured
- cannot be quantified
(Ushioda, 2009)
2e. Which model/theory should we use?
[A] key question is whether [WEIRD motivational theories] hold for all
ethnic groups (African American, Asian American, Latino, Native
American, etc.) in western cultures as well as in other nonwestern
cultures. It will not be sufficient for future research to just note that
the generalizations do not hold for these different groups or different
cultures, but rather to grapple with when, why, and how they do or do
not hold for the different groups. (Pintrich, 2003, p. 682)
“Remember that all models are wrong;
the practical question is how wrong do
they have to be not to be useful.”
2e. Which model/theory should we use?
(Box, 1987, p. 74)
3. How do we measure motivation?
Absolutist
Relativist
Universalist
3a. Zusho & Clayton’s (2011) framework
Absolutist
Etic approach
Psychological processes are free from culture
Theories can be applied universally
3a. Zusho & Clayton’s (2011) framework
Relativist
Emic approach
Psychological processes should only be studied within local frames of reference
Cross-cultural generation is not possible
3a. Zusho & Clayton’s (2011) framework
Universalist
Both etic and emic
Some aspects of psychology are universal
Sociocultural context in which psychological processes occur is crucial to understanding individual motives and behaviors
3a. Zusho & Clayton’s (2011) framework
Absolutist RelativistUniversalist
Socioeducational Complex Dynamic Systems
Self-determination
L2 Motivational Self System
person-in-situation
3b. How do we measure motivation (redux)?
Absolutist
(Likert category) self/other questionnaires, exams, grades
Traditional statistical analyses (ANOVA, regression, path)
Invariant measurement (IRT/Rasch, CFA)
Generalization across sample populations
3b. How do we measure motivation (redux)?
Relativist
Open-response questionnaires, interviews, diaries, observations
Intrinsic case studies, narratives, ethnographies, action research
Grounded theory, coding, “retrodictive qualitative modeling”
Rejection of group means and cross-context generalizability
3b. How do we measure motivation (redux)?
Universalist
Mixed methods (Creswell & Clark, 2011):Convergent parallel, explanatory sequential, exploratory sequential, embedded, transformative, multiphase
Can be time-consuming, complicated, difficult to publish…
Need for multiple research partners with multiple fields of expertise
3b. How do we measure motivation (redux)?
Hierarchical linear modelling / Latent growth curve modeling
Social network analysis
Bayesian cognitive modeling
Q Methodology
(Quantum cognition?)
3c. How could we measure motivation?
“How can I motivate my students to study English?”
4. How do we use motivation in class?
“How can I motivate my students to study English?”
4. How do we use motivation in class?
“How can I get my students to do what I tell them to do?”
“How can I motivate my students to study English?”
4. How do we use motivation in class?
The quick answer:
“How can I motivate my students to study English?”
4. How do we use motivation in class?
You can’t.
“How can I motivate my students to study English?”
4. How do we use motivation in class?
You can’t…but…
4. How do we use motivation in class?
“How can I motivate my students to study English?” You can’t…but…
…you can help to set the conditions in which motivation can arise…
Creating the basic motivational conditions
Generating initial motivation
Maintaining & protecting motivation
Encouraging positive retrospective self evaluation
(Dörnyei, 2001)(Hiromori, 2013)
4. How do we use motivation in class?
“How can I motivate my students to study English?”
4a. “Motivational interventions”
1.Set a personal example with your own behavior2.Create a pleasant, relaxed atmosphere in the classroom3.Present the tasks properly4.Develop a good relationship with the learners5.Increase the learners’ linguistic self-confidence6.Make the language classes interesting7.Promote learner autonomy8.Personalize the learning process9.Increase the learners’ goal-orientedness10. Familiarize learners with the target language culture
(Dörnyei & Csizér, 1988)
4b. Practical pedagogical suggestions
1. Make use of project-based learning2. Focus on English for Specific Purposes for future needs 3. Introduce L2 English speakers4. Provide effective feedback5. First English teachers should be the best trained teachers 6. Become more aware of changes in students’ motivation7. Make use of student reflection
(Based on studies in Apple et al, eds., 2013)
4b. Practical pedagogical suggestions
1. Make use of project-based learning2. Focus on ESP for future needs 3. Introduce non-native English speakers4. Provide effective feedback5. First English teachers should be the best trained teachers 6. Become more aware that students’ motivation7. Make use of student reflection
4b. Practical pedagogical suggestions
1. Make use of project-based learning2. Focus on English for Specific Purposes for future needs 3. Introduce non-native English speakers4. Provide effective feedback5. First English teachers should be the best trained teachers 6. Become more aware that students’ motivation7. Make use of student reflection
4b. Practical pedagogical suggestions
1. Make use of project-based learning2. Focus on ESP for future needs 3. Introduce L2 English speakers into your classes4. Provide effective feedback5. First English teachers should be the best trained teachers 6. Become more aware that students’ motivation7. Make use of student reflection
4b. Practical pedagogical suggestions
1. Make use of project-based learning2. Focus on ESP for future needs 3. Introduce L2 English speakers4. Provide effective feedback5. First English teachers should be the best trained teachers 6. Become more aware changes students’ motivation can change7. Make use of student reflection
4b. Practical pedagogical suggestions
1. Make use of project-based learning2. Focus on ESP for future needs 3. Introduce L2 English speakers4. Provide effective feedback5. First English teachers should be the best trained teachers 6. Become more aware of changes in students’ motivation7. Make use of student reflection
4b. Practical pedagogical suggestions
1. Make use of project-based learning2. Focus on ESP for future needs 3. Introduce L2 English speakers4. Provide effective feedback5. First English teachers should be the best trained teachers 6. Become more aware of changes in students’ motivation7. Make use of student reflection
4b. Practical pedagogical suggestions
1. Make use of project-based learning2. Focus on ESP for future needs 3. Introduce L2 English speakers4. Provide effective feedback5. First English teachers should be the best trained teachers 6. Become more aware that students’ motivation 7. Make use of student reflection
Final thoughts…from theory to practice
Final thoughts…from theory to practice
Final thoughts…from theory to practice
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Language Motivation:From the Theoretical
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Language Motivation:From the Theoretical
to the Practical