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Young Learners: Motivation and Second Language Acquisition

Young Learners: Motivation and Second Language Acquisition

Joanna Rodiki Petrides
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522531234|ISBN10: 1522531238|EISBN13: 9781522531241
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3123-4.ch004
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Petrides, Joanna Rodiki. "Young Learners: Motivation and Second Language Acquisition." Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners, edited by Nilufer Guler, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 58-75. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3123-4.ch004

APA

Petrides, J. R. (2018). Young Learners: Motivation and Second Language Acquisition. In N. Guler (Ed.), Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners (pp. 58-75). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3123-4.ch004

Chicago

Petrides, Joanna Rodiki. "Young Learners: Motivation and Second Language Acquisition." In Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners, edited by Nilufer Guler, 58-75. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3123-4.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter refers to a very complex factor that is of primary importance in language learning theories: motivation. It aims—through a brief analysis of existing theories and research findings on motivation, its impact on foreign language learning, and second language acquisition—to provide a definition of this complicated term, to explain how motivation can affect foreign language learners, and how young foreign language learners can be motivated to learn a foreign or additional language effectively and become competent users of it. To manage to provide a clear description of how motivation affects young language learners, it is necessary to refer to the theories that analyze foreign language learning or language acquisition and then relate them to the theories on motivation. Different types of motivation are described, including intrinsic, extrinsic, integrative, and instrumental, as well as motivation in the language classroom.

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