Researching language learning motivation “through a small lens"

Professor Ushioda has published widely on motivation in language learning and will discuss approaches to researching motivation in a more focused way, to counteract our tendency in the L2 motivation field to engage with language learning and teaching processes at a fairly general level (e.g. achievement or behavioural outcomes).

One of the issues discussed will be how to design more ‘interesting’ motivation studies for MA dissertations that do not follow the typical questionnaire-based route.