Summary:
This volume presents the results of the largest ever language attitude/motivation survey, involving over 13,000 teenage language learners in Hungary on three successive occasions: in 1993, 1999 and 2004. The results are not confined to the European environment, but have wider implications concerning attitude change, motivational dynamics, and language globalisation.
Review:
The volume describes a ground-breaking study, one whose results will affect the direction of L2 motivation and attitude research for years to come. Dörnyei, Csizér, and Németh should be commended for providing the field with this large and detailed study on L2 learning motivation and attitudes. It is an absolute must for any researcher or graduate student interested in L2 motivation or attitudes.
Paula Winke, Michigan State University, in the Modern Language Journal 92:3 This volume is an impressive piece in many ways. It focuses on language attitudes and motivation caused by sociopolitical changes and language globalisation. It uncovers many useful and groundbreaking findings.
Songqing Li, National University of Singapore, in the Journal of Multicultural Discourses Vol 2:1, 2007 Ambitious in its scope and remarkable for its foresight and vision, the study offers no less than a unique historical record of changing attitudes to language learning among a central European nation's youth, during a decade of significant sociopolitical reconfiguration within Europe and increasing globalisation.
Ema Ushioda, University of Warwick, in Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching Vol 1:1, 2007
Author Biography:
Professor Zoltan Dornyei, who is one of the leading international experts on L2 attitude/motivation research, led the Hungarian research team. He has written over 60 academic papers on various aspects of second language acquisition, and is the author of several books, including Teaching and Researching Motivation (2001, Longman), Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing (2003, Lawrence Erlbaum) and The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition (2005, Lawrence Erlbaum).Kata Csizer and Nora Nemeth are L2 researchers and teacher trainers at the Department of English Applied Linguistics, Eotvos University, Budapest. They have published academic papers for Hungarian and international journals, including Language Teaching Research, Language Learning, The Journal of Language and Social Psychology, The Modern Language Journal and Applied Linguistics.
Readership Level:
Postgraduate Research / Professional
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