Motivation and Second Language Acquisition: The Socio-Educational Model

by Robert C. Gardner

Offering a historical and empirical account, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-educational model of second language acquisition. This approach to understanding motivational variables that promote success in the learning of a second or foreign language - distinguishing between language classroom motivation and language learning motivation - is a major one in the history of this field of research. Chapters include a discussion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433104598
• ISBN13: 9781433104596
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"