外语学习的成功与否在很大程度上与学习者学习外语的动机是否强烈有关，这一点是教师和研究者们普遍认同的。但什么是动机?如何对其加以描述?如何强化动机?又如何对其进行评估?《动机研究与教学》对以上问题进行了讨论和回答。

本书总结介绍了动机这一概念及有关的理论；讨论了如何利用有关的理论见解来帮助教师更好地开展教学活动；引用研究实例具体说明如何对动机进行研究和评估，为教师们提供了诸多实用的建议。本书语言简洁易懂，例证丰富翔实。书中最后一部分还针对相关课题提供了丰富的研究资源，可供读者参考和借鉴。

General Editors' Preface

Author's Acknowledgements

Publisher's Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section I: What is motivation?

Main challenges of motivation research

The challenge of consciousness vs

unconsciousness

The challenge of cognition vs affect

The challenge of reduction vs

comprehensiveness

The challenge of 'parallel multiplicity'

The challenge of context

The challenge of time

Theories of motivation in psychology

Leading motivation theories in psychology

Sociocultural and contextual influences on

behaviour

The temporal dimension of motivation

Motivation to learn a foreign/second language

Gardner's motivation theory

Expectancy-value theories in L2 motivation

research

Self-determination theory, and L2 motivation

Schumann's neurobiological model

Constructs emerging from empirical studies

L2 motivation and the social context

The temporal dimension of L2 motivation

D6rnyei and Ott6's process model of

L2 motivation

Section I1: Motivation and language teaching

'Education-friendly' approaches in motivation

research

The educational shift in L2 motivation research

Educationally motivated constructs

Motivation and motivating in the foreign

language classroom

Motivational techniques, strategies and

macrostrategies

A framework for motivational strategies

Motivational macrostrategies

Student demotivation

'Demotivation' vs 'motivation'

Research on demotivation in instructional

communication studies

Findings in L2 motivation research

Concluding remarks on demotivation

Teacher motivation

Conceptualising the 'motivation to teach'

The relationship between teacher motivation and

student motivation

Section II1: Researching motivation

Making motivation a researchable concept

Inherent problems in motivation research

Initial decisions to make

Methodological issues and considerations

Research design

'Self-report' motivation tests/questionnaires

Main types of L2 motivation research

Survey studies

Factor analytical studies

Correlational studies

Studies using structural equation modelling

(LISREL)

Experimental studies

Qualitative studies

Towards a combined use of quantitative and

qualitative studies

Section IV: Resources and further information

The locus of motivation research:

Linkages to other topics and disciplines

Language-learning motivation and related

disciplines in the social sciences

The place of motivation research in applied

linguistics

Sources and resources

Relevant journals and magazines

Databases, abstracting journals and discussion groups

Sample tests and measurement instruments

References

Author Index

Subject Index