This special issue takes a critical look at a largely uncharted area of language learning motivation: the motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs) in an era of globalization and ...

The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 101, No. 3, BEYOND GLOBAL ENGLISH: MOTIVATION TO LEARN LANGUAGES IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD (Fall 2017), pp. 597-607 (11 pages) The majority of recent research on ...

I research language learners’ motivation, using what is known as self-determination theory to measure motivation. This theory proposes that there is a continuum of motivation.

The latest semester of English Language Learning (ELL) classes at the San Juan Island Library was a resounding success, ...

North Korean students are spending their summer vacations learning foreign languages, driven by the growing belief that ...

Eight educators offer their recommendations about how schools and their teachers can best support Long-Term English Language Learners, such as keeping expectations high for students.

A new study reveals how large language models (LLMs) respond to different motivational states. In their evaluation of three LLM-based generative conversational agents (GAs)--ChatGPT, Google Bard ...

September 1 in an Estonian school (illustrative). Source: Priit Mürk/ERR Although the transition to Estonian-language education has been underway for a year, experts say a big issue is students' ...