Dávid Smid

Toward an Understanding of Pre-Service English Teachers’ Motivation: The Case of Hungary


Introduction

Research on individual differences (IDs) has long constituted a salient domain within the field of applied linguistics (AL). Traditionally, it has been dominated by an interest in foreign language (L2) learner psychology with a focus on the marked variation of learners’ L2 learning outcomes (Dörnyei & Ryan, 2015; Ryan, 2019). This has resulted in a broad range of ID variables reaching prominent status in the landscape of L2 learner differences (Ellis, 2015; Pawlak, 2012). Out of the IDs in question, L2 learning motivation stands out as the most widely researched one (Boo et al., 2015; Lamb et al., 2019), which is understandable given its pivotal role in L2 learning achievement (Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2013; Pawlak, 2012). While, for a long time, the attention aimed at L2 teacher psychology tended to be marginal, in recent years, there has been a growing scholarly discussion about it as a result of the recognition of its impact on L2 learners’ L2 acquisition process (see, e.g., de Dios Martínez Agudo, 2018; Mercer & Kostoulas, 2018). In light of the significance of the concept, L2 learning motivation, it is reasonable to assume that L2 teacher motivation offers fertile ground for research as well (Hiver et al., 2018; Kubanyiova, 2019).

Toward an Understanding of Pre-Service English Teachers’ Motivation: The Case of Hungary

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2022

ISBN: 978 963 454 818 8

In this monograph, the findings of a mixed-methods, multi-perspective empirical study targeting the motivation of Hungarian pre-service English teachers are presented and discussed. When it comes to the Hungarian context, the importance of the topic is indicated by issues, such as the ongoing workforce shortage in the public education sector and the latest reforming of the initial teacher education system. The present investigation sheds light on the complexity of Hungarian pre-service English teachers’ motivation, which was found to be a bipartite construct interrelated with cognitive, emotional, and social processes. It also offers insights into the motivating capacity of the undivided pre-service English teacher education program as well as the extent to which the initial teacher education system is effective with respect to its student recruitment policy. As such, this monograph might be beneficial to researchers, university instructors, mentor teachers, and educational policymakers alike.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/smid-toward-an-understanding-of-pre-service-english-teachers-motivation-the-case-of-hungary//

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