Social Psychological Researcher by Alicia Walker

Research published in journals

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Focuses on:
1. motivation
2. attitude
3. ethnic relations
4. psycholinguistics
5. statistical analysis

Researcher Highlighted
Robert C. Gardner, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario

Reference
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gardner/

Socio-Educational Model (1985)

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^{social and cultural ambience}
^{gain rich understanding of hertiage}
^{significant other speaks the language}

Integrative Motivation (Gardner and Lambert (1972)

^{multi-dimensional}
^affective
^cognitive
^{behavioral components :}

^{variables, motivation, intergrativeness & attitudes}

^{invested to acquire language to associate with a diverse array people from varying ethnicities (Gardner, RC, MacIntyre, 2002)}
^{Gardner (2005)data reported showed 0.37 of L2 Learners had various levels of achievement by beingh integrative motivation}

^{Video of teachers explaining motivation in learning SLA.}
^{https://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/video/mp4/lv/lv-02-03-integrative.mp4}Instrumental Motivation (2001)

^{weaker predictor of L2 attainment (Masgoret and Gardner 2003)}
^{minimal importance to learn target language}
^{serves learners best in Foreign Language context}
practical motivational reasons: salary bonus, preference of college acceptance,

^{SLA driven by the pratical value of learning SLA}^{(Gardner, MacIntyre, 1991)}^{Below : mind map of Gardners' theory with focal point being motivation.

Bibliography}
Masgoret and Gardner (2003). Attitudes motivation, and second language learning: a meta-analysis of studies conducted by Gardner and Associates, Language Learning. 167-21
Gardner, Tremblay, and Masgoret (1997). Towards a full model of second language learning: An empirical investigation. The Modern Language Journal, 344-362.

Question?

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Why do some SLA have higher levels of attainment than other second language learners?

Motivational Orientation

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Gardner (1985) stated," for a student to be considered motivated four elements of a goal, desire to achieve the goal, positive attitudes, and effort are necessary."

Contributions to SLA

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^{3 Components (2010)}

1. desire to learn the language
2. attitudes towards learning the language
3. Motivational Intensity
_{https://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/learners/02/maintaining.php}_{Orwitz, E. K., M. Tallon & H. Luo (2009). Foreign language anxiety. In J. C. Cassady (ed.),}_{Anxiety in schools: The causes, consequences, and solutions for academic anxieties}_{. New York: Peter Lang.}

Why students lose SLA motivation? See video through above URL

Social Psychological Period

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focus during this period:
identity and social motivation

interactional and social contexts of learning -

Troike, Second language acquistion,Ch.1, pp. 3)
Canada (1959 -1990)
_{3 Dimensions of Psychological Factors}

_{Language Aptitude}
_Motivation
_{Language / Situational Anxiety}

Attitude Motivation Battery Test (1985)

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created by Gardner
also known as AMTB
Categories on test:

1. Motivation
assessed desire to learn, attitude towards learning, and motivational intensity

2. Attitudes
measures this variable by asking the individual to evaluate the teacher and the course in the educational context
determines educational context aids in improving L2

3. Efforts
feelings of individuals when performing in L2 proficiency
determining how anxious the learner feels when in the classroom or when using SLA

PDF of Attitude Motivation Battery Test

Scenarios of ESL

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Which of the following is an example of instrumental motivation?
~~Learning Spanish to learn more about the culture and people of southern Mexico.~~
Learning Japanese to get a good work assignment in Japan.

2. Whether students are successful or not in language learning depends on whether they have specific cognitive abilities required for language learning.
~~True~~
False
Rationale
People think that language learning requires special ability, research indicates that is a myth.

3. Motivation to learn a language is quite stable and students' motivations rarely change.
~~True~~
False
Rationale
Motivation changes during the process of learning a SL. Learners who begin with L1 acquistion and with an instrumental motivation may, over time, become more integratively motivated. The opposite is also possible.

Early Model of Gardner's (1979)

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Instrumental Motivational Thought...

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