Language Learning Beyond English - Learner Motivation in the Twenty-First Century

This Element concerns language learning in the age of Global English. Learning just English fails to achieve the desired results. It proposes a new matrix of rationales for language learning, advocating an interconnected, socially embedded justification for language learning. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Framing English as a killer language; 3. Rationales for language learning: a 21st century matrix; 4. Harnessing rationales to foster motivation: meeting learners' needs; 5. Conclusion; References.

Summary

This Element concerns language learning in the age of Global English. Learning just English fails to achieve the desired results. It proposes a new matrix of rationales for language learning, advocating an interconnected, socially embedded justification for language learning. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Ursula Lanvers, Ursula (University of York) Lanvers
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781009486958
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0948695-8
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Elements in Language Teaching
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language acquisition, Language teaching theory & methods, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Language teaching and learning: first or native languages, applied linguistics and second language acquisition